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I'd have to say there's nothing fundamentally wrong with it. Much depends on the situation and the intent/actions of the people involved.

There is at least one culture which advocates and openly practices this. I'll have to dig out one of my old sociology books for a citation, perhaps within the next few days.

Its all about the parents going into an insane protective spell over thier childs virginity. If the child were to have sex with someone thier age, it would still be messed up and wrong to them.

Then of course we have the Bratz, with a passion for whore fashion. They dress this little girls up in thongs and clear heels like a ten dollar whore, then get so outraged when the child expreses sexual feelings. Its like dangeling a piece of meat in front of a starving man and telling him that hes a wierdo for wanting to eat it.

Then theres the liberals, dont even get me started on them.

No balance. The majority of teens and younger think they are a lot smarter and wiser than they really are. Yes, there are those rare exceptions, but the law cannot be written with exceptions for the most part.
Most kids are easily duped. Lets face it. We don't let kids drive without a mentor in the car until they are at least sixteen. You want us to let them have sex?
The other reason is even simpler. The kids are their parents responsibility. The parents are there to guide their child, and make sure that they are on the path to becoming a contributing member of society, with the time to go out and experience life on their own when they reach maturity.
A ***** can fantasize as much as they want. But the moment they touch a kid, they become a child molestor.

So sex is reserved for the wise?
Why is that?


That depends.
If there's a type of food out there that can kill 1 out of 1000 people instantly, I'm sure there'd be a law written to protect those people. It could be complete banning, or something else.

And really, the AoC laws were written for the "exceptions". About three generations ago, "kids" my age were marrying and screwing. But a few of them didn't like it (blame Christian morals [nothing against Christians as a whole] ) and so a law was written to ban it indefinately.

I think that the age of consent should be reduced, simply because the "kids" that do want sex can find someone to have it with, and the kids that don't want to...don't have to.


So are adults.


That's different, seeing as driving takes alot of practice that can only be given with the help of a mentor, and takes more motor skills (no pun intended). Sex and relationships are learning expiriences that should be left up to the individual.


That's another argument, but I'll put the gist of it here.
Adults are (or at least should be) there to give food, shelter and schooling. I think they should nudge the kid into the direction they want them to do to, but anything other than that is pushing their morals onto a highly impressionable human being, which is dangerous.


To guide- not to control.


How will sex make them a member of society that doesn't contribute?


People mature differently.

Adults get those too.
That point is moot.


Unless you can prove that, this point is also moot.


Point taken.


Maybe preference? I'd date older women if I were allowed to. The girls in my age group are more interested in stuffing their bra.


Proof?
Adults get raped, last time I checked.
Adults get unwanted pregnancies, last time I checked.
Adults get STDs, last time I checked.
So- what's the difference?
How many times a person's been around the sun?


What the hell is the child supposed to do? Worse?
A relationships is about emotions.
I'm pretty sure everyone has some of those.


Stealing is harming someone in the long run.
Killing is directly harming someone with malicious intent.
I don't find anything wrong with cheating, personally.
But sex? That's an individual thing.
And should be left up to the individual.


Depends on how you go about it, really.


Yes, becuase you know if we let those darned kids have the freedom of doing what they want with their bodies, they'll all grow up to be welfare junkies. It's perfect logic. rolleyes


Can you prove that?
About kids currently in puberty and teenagers.

My point was that irresponsible people, that take no care at all should not be having sex. How is that moot? Also, wich one is more likely to be able to take proper care of a child as a single parent? A teenager that hasn't even finished school, or an adult, that has graduated from school, and can have a decent job?



Well you can't exacly prove me wrong either. So, both points are moot.





How older? Do they really need to be 20 years old college students? And please, if there's people your age group that can handle a relationship with an adult, then I'm sure there's girls that are interested in more than just "filling their bra"



Sure they do, however, adults in general deal with those situations better, can afford the proper medical care, and in case of disown, it makes less difference to an adult, unless they're one of those lazy 30 years old living with their parents because they dropped out of highschool, and did nothing in their lives. And let's face it, a big number of adults that approache a teenager for a relationship is up to no good.


What the hell is the child supposed to do? Worse?
A relationships is about emotions.
I'm pretty sure everyone has some of those.

Well sure, but emotion isn't enough in a relationship. Like it or not, other factors, such as age difference, can make a lot of trouble. Let's see this scenario:

15 years old boy gets his 25 years old girlfriend pregnant. He gets exited, he's going to have a baby. However, the mother gets scared. How will this affect her career? How this affect her boyfriends life? She thinks that the best course of action is to either abort, or put the kid up for adoption. The boy opposes. He thinks that the woman is exagerating, and that they can take care of the child just fine.

This could very well happen. Most teenagers have no idea what it is like to raise a child, let alone how much it costs to raise one. I know that I only have a small idea.



Yes, and sex can also harm you in the long run, be it with rape, pregnancy and the health problems it may cause, be it by contamination with STDs, etc, etc.



Most kids require a certain level of control, period. Not all of them have full consicence of their actions, therefor, we must controll them to an extent. Otherwise, why do we have curfews, why don't we just let them run wild on the streets at night?



Not all of them, but I'm willing to bet that a large number of them would.



No, I can't, but let's face, you can't either.

I never said no teenage parent did a good job. But I wouldn't be telling a lie if I said that a decent number of them aren't doing much of a good job, if any at all.



When did I say that a parent is measured by how much he/she buys to the kid? You said "so sex is just for the wise?" (not the exact wording, but the same idea), and I say, that yes, sex should only be done by those that have responsability enough to take the consequences, and take the best course of action, and maybe, even preventing it from happening again.



Fine, I concede this one. However, I stand by my ground when I say that you cannot prove the opposite of my claim.



Nothing wrong with 20 years old college students. I just don't see why does it has to be one, and not someone your own age. As for the other part, plain people have feelings and crushes too damn it scream



One person of each side. Proves that there's exeptions, but by no means does that makes them the norm.



Sure adults are just older, and no, not all of them are out to rape teenagers, but you cannot rape the willing. By "up to no good" I could simply mean, finding a girl, convince her to ahve sex with you, then dumping her, have sex with her, and dump her when she says "I'm pregnant", and many otehr scenarios. And if you look around, i'm sure you'll find a lot of girls that actually believe their boyfriend is "the one" when they're both only 15, or whatever. Case in point: Many girls are naive, and people can take advantage of it. In many case that person happens to be older.



Any man? Prove or concede. Men can be childfree (meaning they don't want, nor will they ever want children), they can actually agree with the woman after the hype of the news calms down, and many other scenarios. It depends on the person. wink



Maybe, maybe not. We cannot be sure of that. While I agree with teaching proper sex ed soon (not at age 10 tough), I we cannot know for sure how many would actually listen, how many would be allowed to get the contraceptives, and many other possible scenarios.



Wich one is more likely to have a car to escape? the 13 years old, or the 25 years old? Wich one would be more likely to disarm the robber? The 13 years old, or the 25 years old?



Well this would be dragging off topic, but sex isn't the only thing to do with your body. Techinicly, doing drugs is doing what you want with your body.



Fine then.