Why?
2006-07-27 08:00:41 · 35 answers · asked by truthyness 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Some of you offered some interesting food for thought...very interesting.
2006-07-28 05:46:51 · update #1
For all you men who answered with an age under 18: what if you had daughters? Would you feel the same?
2006-07-28 06:19:20 · update #2
To clarify: Consent of someone over 18 to someone under 18 (in the states). 18 year olds with 17 year olds seems Really inoffensive. Since everyone under 18 is free to have consentual interactions from anyone in the whole group. So a 17 year old and a consenting 5 year old is mighty fine, but not someone far nearer to sexual maturity...
Seems really reactionary to me.
Since there are two standards of consent, which happen to share the same criteria, and two categories which employ them-- but intermingling cannot occur. The justification is nothing but social bias. I think the age limit is 16 in the UK, which means it probably should be 14, since any sex prior to that will be entirely unsatisfying for a child-- and more likely a form of abuse.
But again somehow Consent of a child isn't equivalent to consent of an adult, the inference is always that the adult is by fiat abusive or manipulative. But consent among children is fine. So if there's a double standard, is the child's consent ever consent? If yes, then the double standard is what it is. If no-- then they're all rapists.
2006-07-27 10:41:39 · answer #1 · answered by -.- 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-27 08:04:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-27 08:32:34 · answer #3 · answered by jose m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-27 08:29:16 · answer #4 · answered by rouba158 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-27 08:03:46 · answer #5 · answered by dishwasher67 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-27 08:03:35 · answer #6 · answered by seth22rr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think for people within 2 years of each other age, it should start at 14. After age 18, anything goes.
2006-07-27 08:04:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make the legal age the way nature intends it to be. And when was that? When are humans ready / able to conceive? Puberty! So, for a girl, as soon as she reaches puberty, then she is ready to conceive. That's when nature intends and permits her for sex.
But nowadays, people are less matured as compared to people of yesteryears. So, let it be after school age years, say 18?
2006-07-28 01:18:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd probably base it on maturity level rather than age. Some sort of Psych/Socio/Intel testing. Then leave the default age at 18.
2006-07-27 08:03:08 · answer #9 · answered by BigPappa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say 18. Young teenagers aren't mature enough (usually) to know the difference between love and lust. Also, they are afraid to ask their parents for birth control so they end up pregnant or getting someone pregnant. If they were 18, no permission would be needed.
2006-07-27 08:04:58 · answer #10 · answered by AsianPersuasion :) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋