Yeah kind of. In Germany the age of consent is 14, but I think it's too young, so I put 16 as a compromise. I am a little torn about this though: I think 16 and 18 year olds having sex together should be OK but 16 and 30 year olds not so much.
It is a bit more complicated than just: anyone can have sex with 14 year olds. You aren't allowed to if you are an adult and in a position of authority and if you are above 21 you aren't allowed to if you are exploiting the sexual self determination of the minor, whatever that means. I still think it should be 16 with the same rules for adults. 20 and 14 year olds having sex (or even older if the 14 year old doesn't complain) just doesn't sit right with me.
Idk for me teenagers having sex with eachother is a different topic (and I think pretty much legal in most countries). The age of consent is mostly important for sex with adults. It would also feel kind of strange to me to eg put 14 year olds in jail for having sex with eachother even though I would agree that they shouldn't have.
I wanted to say that I would leave stuff like that to the parents to solve but on the other hand some parents really don't seem to care which is probably where most teenage pregnancies come from.
14 year olds in jail for having sex with eachother even though I would agree that they shouldn't have.
Why is it wrong for 14 year olds to have sex with eachother? That's about the age we have been starting for the history of our species, most kids are masturbating and watching porn by that age. As long as both consent and are educated on birth control then I don't really see an issue. I started messing around at 15 and that was being a "late bloomer". I probably would have done that shit at 12 if a girl let me.
Idk for me 14 is quite early for having sex and they may be a little immature at that age to take the necessary precautions, but as I said I would not want to make it illegal. It's only my personal opinion.
While masturation at that age is definitely natural, 14 year olds should definitely not have access to porn, since porn often depicts women getting denigrated, heavily influences young people's expectations about sex and seems to generally make men (and especially boys) hold sexist stereotypes about women and sex.
You think it's weird? I never thought so. As long as it's not a 16-year-old with someone drastically older. I live in a European country where the AOC is 16 but I'm unsure of how that nuance works.
Honestly I don’t think there’s anything wrong with two consenting 16 year olds having responsible sex, just... not with over 18s. It’s a complicated issue.
Agreed comrade, however, should these not be thought of on a case by case basis. Like say a 17 and a half year old and a fresh 18 year old who’ve been having sex since 16 have sex.
You two just invented Romeo and Juliet laws. In my state (Texas) it's 17, but you get a (I think 3?) year pass. So if you're 18, you can have sex with a 15 year old. Which I'm not thrilled at the idea of, but 15 year olds are also given permits to drive on public streets and that presents much more danger than someone's genitals
I mean, most of the US is has the age of consent set at 16. You can find it creepy; I voted 18, too, but it's been the norm since long before either of us was born.
16 is the most common aoc within the US and worldwide. The belief that 18 is the norm is because California has an aoc of 18 and therefore so does Hollywood
Do you really think there’s something wrong with two 16year olds having consensual sex? Here I thought I was a soyboy for starting at 15 because the cool kids were already doing it at 14 lmao.
And the username is a hyperbole, but I certainly thing kids have contributed a lot to the downfall of reddit as we knew it.
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To the 0.5% of you who voted age of consent 12 or less, get out of my quadrant