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I Believe In Age Of Consent Reform

Such a tricky subject, given how different societies view this tricky subject.

Like for example the Age of Consent in Angola is 12 years old, in Japan it's 13, in Austria it's 14, and so on!

My point is I think it's a societal issue that a country must make based on it's own norms and traditions. I don't want to say anyone is right or anyone is wrong, but it is always healthy to debate these things regardless :)
Deadcutie · 18-21, F
I personally can’t stand the thought of someone else telling me when I can and can’t be sexually active and with whom.. I don’t give a rats ass if you think it’s wrong and disgusting.. it’s my body.. how about I tell you what you can and can’t eat smoke and drink? Until then fuck you and stay out of my life..
But I do know there needs to be some rules.
The problem is how to allow sexual freedom to those like me and to protect those who don’t.....

Here is how I would approach it as law, because we still want to protect the innocent from predators.....

No prosecution of individuals within 10 years age difference if both parties are consenting.


No photos/videos of boys/girls under 12.. period.
After this, it’s the responsibility of parents to have taught their child modesty morality and how to respect her body, and respect her parents wishes.. don’t worry about other kids, that’s someone else’s problem, you worry about teaching your kids your morality YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE!!!!

The older individual must show a reasonable intent to pursue a lasting relationship towards marriage.
this includes providing a adequate stabilizing environment to care protect, love and provide mental and psychological support. Failure to do so the individual will be charged as a child predator, this includes anyone like pimps, who will try to exploit the child. Or one night stands....this will prevent those who only want sex with a child not a relationship.. providing they are over 10 years older..

While the parents are not required to be informed, the individual and child must be in regular contact with a councilor within 1 week of contact, who will monitor the relationship to make sure the child is in good health and consenting throughout...if the councilor decides the relationship is not or no longer healthy, the individual is warned to end the relationship, if they do not, they are charged as a child predator...
If the relationship is not reported to a councilor, it is not a legal relationship and they will be prosecuted as a child predator.



Once married, the individual cannot divorce the child for any reason until she’s 21. Until then they must provide all health care and support for her and any children.. failure to do so, they will be prosecuted for failure to provide support .

All divorce laws apply to wealth and property..
Murksmonkey · 36-40, M
@Deadcutie means a 14yo can do a 4yo, as long as persuading the little one to consent is successful. All the law stuff about that is about the ability to consent, not ruling sex lives by government. In my place, the individual's development is taken into accord for people between 14 and 18, which I think is the right way to do it.
Deadcutie · 18-21, F
@Murksmonkey no.. I’ve generalized a set of rulings that would be aimed more at 12-17 exploring their sexuality, and keeping say a 18-25 year old boyfriend from being the target of criminal prosecution for having a consenting 15-17 girlfriend, which is very common.. right now the law is 3 years , I think it should be at least 5 and closer to 10..
There should be some leeway between high schoolers dating middle school or college students.. a college student shouldn’t be incarcerated and reputation destroyed because his girlfriend is 5 years younger than him..

A 75 year old man can deflower a 18 year old girl, but a 19 year old college freshman goes to prison for 20 years because his girlfriend is 15.. or a 13 year old snuck into a party.... that’s BULLSHIT!!!!!!
Rules can be made that deal with how young is to young for 12-14 year olds.. personally I can crush on a cute 9-10 year old if she’s starting to bud..

I also want the rules to make clear the difference between a child predator, and a older man who indeed cares,loves and provides support for a child wife or consenting long term relationship provided they meet certain criteria such as registration with a councilor and or parents consent.. and support obligations...

These rules are not intended to make any pedophile free to have sex with children
Deadcutie · 18-21, F
Also, there should be public decency rules for these types of relationships.

A 80 year old man should not be making out and feeling up his 13 year old wife in front of everyone just because he is registered to her... in public, they would be required to act as father/daughter with no intimacy portrayed..
violations would be sevear fines and repeat violations will cause the individual to loose their registration status indefinitely..
CathyUK · 56-60, F
a person needs to have lived a certain amount of time before they can make judgments on what is best for themselves, and the maturation of their own bodies should be a guide, when the body is not matured can the brain be? The danger is pervs being given a free reign with those who may say yes before they understand what yes may lead to.
SW-User
I think with younger people and consent, it's not so much about people their own age having sex with each other but it's about someone young being taken advantage of by someone much older and getting away with it because it's legal.
Murksmonkey · 36-40, M
@SW-User German regulations are made for exactly that case. You can legally have sex from 14, but age-based laws apply until 18, and there is a clause regarding relations between over 21 and below 16. These laws manage quite well to allow almost every relationship that works well for both and forbid the abusive ones
ozgirl512 · 26-30, F
Traditionally girls were always married off when they were young and healthy for child bearing...
ThePerfectUsername · 70-79, M
Traditionally we've always sent small kids up the chimney to clear the soot out but that didn't mean we had to continue doing it. @ozgirl512
I think the basic tensions are between the age at which hormones turn on v. when you can make good decisions.

It is now known that your frontal cortex doesn't complete it development until humans are around _24_...! This is important for making good decisions, and, with an admixture of new & unfamiliar hormones (& esp. the huge spike which teen boys get), it leads to dumb dumb dumb decisions...

But we generally have ages of consent at 16...though you can't form a contract until age 18, and drink until 21.

So you can choose to whom you give access to your body about 8 yrs before the seat of your decision-making is really ready for business....

This leads to 14 yr olds taking sexy selfies and sending them to a similarly-aged friend/romantic interest and--uh oh!--being charged with making, owning, and distributing kiddie porn.

At 16, you can generally choose your sex partner, but not appear in anything remotely porn-like. Or even sign a modeling contract.

Go figure.
Ryannnnnn · 31-35, M
16s a good number I think as it stands in the UK.
But I think it's wrong that people around the same age can be charged for statatory rape if one persons 16 and ones 15.

Being charged as a sex offender and sent to prison for liking a person is just reckless and cruel.
The age of consent? Interesting. But where other than "consensual" sexual relations, does it end? Vote at 12? Vote at 13? The values that we have are IMO eroding drastically. With respect to youngsters (male & female) it's my belief such laws, edicts, allowances are detrimental to the youth of these nations.
ERowe18 · 26-30, F
I think that's a very mature opinion. And I agree that it should be debated. Looking at the likes of teenage pregnancies in other countries. Perhaps only protected sex could be allowed at a younger age
chrisCA · M
@ERowe18 Sex education would be needed for that. It is hard to do in places where schools are under pressure from religious types who believe that abstinence is the only way.
ThePerfectUsername · 70-79, M
I agree to some extent but don't base it on what you read about the age of consent in differing countries on the internet. The 12 year old limit you mentioned in Japan for example is far from being "the norm" and only applies within a very small and very specific set of circumstances.
@chrisCA well, one might say that Mormonism is a cult designed by a guy who wanted to screw lots of chicks but also seem important...God-sent rather than God-forsaken, if you will.

But that might also apply to Hank 8 breaking away from Rome and founding the Church of England...!
chrisCA · M
@SomeMichGuy Some would say that all religions are cults.
@chrisCA Yeah, but I am not so jaded, though the so-called "religious right" of Christianity has shown that it is really just mostly wrong and conservative and stuck in the "Old" Testament...
Pfuzylogic · M
There are people doing 20 years or more of time that want the change.
American society has opposition to it.
I think one group was known as NAMBLA. Remember them? Are they still around?@Pfuzylogic
Pfuzylogic · M
@soar2newhighs
I am not referring to anyone.
This is just common sense.
There are people convicted for 80 years for not regarding age of consent...
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@soar2newhighs yes but NAMBLA is a group of pederasts who want to revive the Greek practice of taking young boys as lovers.
Tonydang · M
In many countries girls of that age have been getting married and having children for many years
th3r0n · 41-45, M
Perhaps 13 to marry and 16 for everything else, with strict rules that marriage cannot be forced

I'm against fornication for all ages, but by 16 a woman surely knows if she wants to have sex with a man or not, and they're going to do it whether it's legal or not; making it illegal only gets someone in trouble for what's already going to be happening
ERowe18 · 26-30, F
So what age do you actually think the age of consent should be? I think 13 with protection and 16 without
ViciDraco · 36-40, M
@ERowe18 with similar age partners or with a 50 year old if desired?
How would you feel looking back upon your life at 12 and know you would be married and having sex with an older man? Think of being 13 or 14 or 15. Still think it is okay. Children should not be having sec let alone being forced to marry older people. When you are older, perhaps you will revisit this topic. Older and hopefully wiser. Or better yet, have your child marry as a pre-pubescent or early teen. Think with your brain.
Khenpal1 · M
people are different all over the world.
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Murksmonkey · 36-40, M
Do you know that rule of thumb formula for age gap, "not younger than half your age plus seven"?
Applying that results in a lower bound of 14, who shouldn't be with anyone older, which seems quite plausible.
I don't agree with no-exception hard age rules above that, I think the individual case should be seen.
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MeisterAndrew · 41-45, M
Age of majority is mostly an industrial issue. Somewhere along the line though people tried to make it a sexual and consent issue.
ekwalizur · 41-45, M
A Western country? 14? [i] Creepy AF![/i]
@ekwalizur How about ANY country and being married at age 14? That is creepy!
ekwalizur · 41-45, M
@PoetryNEmotion sure, but it's also expected. I wonder what's Austria's excuse
@ekwalizur Just because it is expected, doesn't make it right.
ViciDraco · 36-40, M
What age is it for where you are and what do you believe it should be?
Jordan4523 · 36-40, M
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