I don't think it's cool in the majority of cases but at that point my opinion doesn't matter, the younger person is a legal adult and they can tell me to go fuck myself.
I don't think it's cool in the majority of cases but at that point my opinion doesn't matter, the younger person is a legal adult and they can tell me to go fuck myself.
Before anyone jumps in to defend this. Defending age of consent under 18 is defending pedophilia.
Edit: Obviously there should be Romeo and Juliet laws as well.
abuse or sex with power dynamics should be illegal regardless of the age of people involvedIts one thing to have teens experimenting with each other and another to have a power dynamic and abuse from someone
Being attracted to a 15 year old puts you TECHNICALLY outside the pedophile range. If you really want to make that distinction, then acknowledge what you're doing here.
Before anyone jumps in to defend this. Defending age of consent under 18 is defending pedophilia.
abuse or sex with power dynamics should be illegal regardless of the age of people involved
Then how would virgins ever get the experiance?If you want good sex, find experienced, open-minded partners. If you're looking for naive virgins, you should consider examining why.
Age of consent used to be 14 in Canada, but was raised to 16 a few years back. Though we do have a "close-in-age exception".Interesting, it's already 15 in Sweden where I live so all the knee-jerk "omg pedophile alert" posts all look ridicilous to me.
I get the desire to not go round and round about things, but pedophilia is a real thing - attraction to pre-pubescent individuals. "Ephebophilia" isn't a real thing- you are supposed to want to have sex with people that are as low as 13 and 14 years old. That is biologically part of the purpose of the changes the body undergoes with puberty - the body is signaling to others that it is ready to procreate. That our societies morally disapprove of acting on these impulses (as well we should) is not really relevant to people's desires.
Why is this hard?
If your over 18, you can only fuck anyone over 18 or 1 calendar year below to get by legal shenanigans
If your 15-17, then that age group can have consent among them
So now a 40-50 you creeper can just go grab a freshman in High School and it will be A-OK, sounds absurd
Before anyone jumps in to defend this. Defending age of consent under 18 is defending pedophilia.
Edit: Obviously there should be Romeo and Juliet laws as well.
Before anyone jumps in to defend this. Defending age of consent under 18 is defending pedophilia.
Edit: Obviously there should be Romeo and Juliet laws as well.
The law says it's legal for you to agree – or consent – to sex from the age of 16.
If you're under 16, you can get confidential contraceptive and sexual health services, including advice about an unplanned pregnancy.
You can get free condoms from some GPs, community contraceptive or young persons' clinics, and Brook services.
If you're under 13, the situation is different because the law says you can't consent to any sexual activity at this age.
Read Will they tell my parents? to find out more about confidentiality, whatever your age.
No, because you fall within reasonable Romeo and Juliet exceptions.
If you were 18 and she was 15, yeah you'd be a bit of a creep.
I agree with you that it's a repulsive idea, but some would find a 40 year old having sex with an 18 year old equally repulsive. I don't know that there's a scientific basis to saying 16 isn't OK, but 18 is. If you're using brain maturity as a guide, as opposed to sexual development, the ability to give sexual consent ought to be somewhere in the early 20s.
Uh, no. You're free to argue in favor of setting the legal age of consent at 18 if you want -- it's a defensible position -- but somebody who argues in favor of setting at 16 instead is not a pedophile.Before anyone jumps in to defend this. Defending age of consent under 18 is defending pedophilia.
people really should learn what pedophilia is before they go throw that term around.
it's about wanting to have sex with pre-pubescent kids. kids that haven't reached puberty. most people reach puberty at like 12 or 13. i think a 15 year old would not be that attractive for someone who's a pedophile.
not that i'm saying it's ok for a 50 year old to fuck a 15 year old, but "Before anyone jumps in to defend this. Defending age of consent under 18 is defending pedophilia." is really absurd.
...?Before anyone jumps in to defend this. Defending age of consent under 18 is defending pedophilia.
Do you actually know any teenagers?a 15 year old is "sexually awakened"?! GTFO of here with that. I like you hydro but that just sounds silly.
Uh, no. You're free to argue in favor of setting the legal age of consent at 18 if you want -- it's a defensible position -- but somebody who argues in favor of setting at 16 instead is not a pedophile.
Then I guess something's wrong with me because I'm not attracted to 13 year olds in the slightest.
Whether it's accurate to brain development or not, 18 is the point in which people can be voting, land owning adults. I don't think it should be acceptable for a grown ass adult to have sex with anyone younger than that, as long as we apply Romeo/Juliet laws to ensure younger adults won't be unfairly hurt.
If the country has sufficient sex ed so that they know how to have safe sex, and if no power dynamics (including one being able to help the other in their career, being in any position of power over the other, or any kind of compensation for sex) I think that they should be able to?So you think that a 15/16/17 year old girl/boy can consent to sex with a 35 year old man/woman?
i've actually even heard that term when someone who's like 40 is dating a 19 year old. some people here are being ridiculous. use the word creep, sure. but unless it's about someone wanting to fuck a child, pedophilia shouldn't be brought up.Yeah, some people are REALLY eager to throw "pedo" around without actually knowing what it means. Odd.
yeah sure, THAT'S the embarrassing thing in this threadPeople (read:men) RUSHING to correct a technical misuse of the word pediphilia lol this thread is an embarrassment.
Whether it's accurate to brain development or not, 18 is the point in which people can be voting, land owning adults. I don't think it should be acceptable for a grown ass adult to have sex with anyone younger than that, as long as we apply Romeo/Juliet laws to ensure younger adults won't be unfairly hurt.
Surely a thread on a law or a law change deserves some exactitude.People (read:men) RUSHING to correct a technical misuse of the word pediphilia lol this thread is an embarrassment.
This is why we need to stop using the meme definition of pedophilia for people that sexually abuse children. Of course 15-year-olds are sexually awakened. For many it was probably happeneing earlier. Doesn't necessarily mean they can consent, but c'mon.a 15 year old is "sexually awakened"?! GTFO of here with that. I like you hydro but that just sounds silly.
Never seen someone in a tight pair of short shorts walking down the street, then they turn around and they're clearly young, making you feel guilty for finding it attractive? Not quite the same, but how about someone with lovely long hair and they turn around and its a guy? In both situations your initial attraction was based on limited context. Doesn't mean you would have sex with either of them, but doesn't stop basic physical attraction.
Just the opposite:I highly recommend not to post the picture of the airplane taking off in this thread.
Never seen someone in a tight pair of short shorts walking down the street, then they turn around and they're clearly young, making you feel guilty for finding it attractive? Not quite the same, but how about someone with lovely long hair and they turn around and its a guy? In both situations your initial attraction was based on limited context. Doesn't mean you would have sex with either of them, but doesn't stop basic physical attraction.
I f you can consent to having sex, you can consent to having sex with a much older person. I just reserve the right to call the older person sad.Somebody who argues in favor of setting it at 16 is advocating for 35 year olds having sex with high schoolers.
It may not be technically pedophilia, but is it any more defensible?
I don't see anyone mad dashing...but take it as you see it I guess.People (read:men) RUSHING to correct a technical misuse of the word pediphilia lol this thread is an embarrassment.