Should it be different for males and females?
Does it matter if the participants are the same sex?
Should the age difference between the participants be taken into account?
Doe local customs and culture matter?
"When they're mature enough" is too logical for law. The law only deals in arbitrary numbers. If you were writing the law, what age(s) would you specify, if any (New Eden doesn't recognize the concept, for instance)?
2007-02-21 06:49:33 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
maturity is not a number it is a mind set . . although consent between minors is one issue . . consent between a minor and an adult is another.
2007-02-21 06:55:53 · answer #1 · answered by Rainy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that the legal age of consent should be 18 at the minimum because by that time the adolescents should have completed high school and should have some skills to survive at a job whether it is entry level or technical.There should be no distinction between the sexes and no regard for customs and cultures.In fact, I protest that some cultures think only of reproduction and not the total person.Maturity is an opinion because a mentally retarded individual may be physically mature but not necessarily socially or physically mature.The law for obtaining a driver's license,insurance to drive a vehicle and signing legal documents maintains a standard without regards for incidentals.
2007-02-21 07:14:36 · answer #2 · answered by Aoiffe337 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
18
2007-02-21 06:53:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think whatever the state I am in says is legal.
2007-02-22 06:16:27 · answer #4 · answered by diamondbullet66 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just cut the crap and make it 18 then no one is too immature to be fooled.
2007-02-21 06:55:50 · answer #5 · answered by AngelsFan 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
40.
2007-02-21 06:56:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋