I Question The Age Of Consent

Everything should be questioned.

There's a perfectly good reason to have AOCs but like all received wisdom it should be challenged and tested to see if it's still relevant. Maybe it is. But maybe it isn't.

Apart from anything else, it's so routinely and consensually flouted that having one is kind of silly.

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DeluxedEdition · 26-30, F

You’re a child yourself which is why you would be saying this

When I was 15 my boyfriend was 19 and at the time I didn’t see an issue with it either.

Then I grew up

BanPlastic · 31-35, M

@DeluxedEdition Yep. When I was 15, I was with a 17 year old and also a 42 year old. At the time it seemed consentual, but in retrospect, was I really old enough to make such decisions? No. Was I in control of the situations? No! I was not in control at all. It was my therapist who told me that I had been sexually abused. I never realized until then.

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BanPlastic · 31-35, M

@DeluxedEdition OMG! Wow! You should report him. You were clearly manipulated.