I do not get standards around children consenting to sex. It's fine if it's with another kid roughly their own age, but it's predatory if done with someone too much older. I have the 'ick' factor myself to large age gaps, but I don't understand *why*. What does 'predatory' mean?
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Maybe you’re overthinking this one.
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Not to mention: Get drafted at 18, spend 2 years in a POW camp, get arrested for underage drinking when celebrating your return.
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You can have a girl legally do porn for two years, retire, get married and have a child, and then violate the law by drinking a glass of wine on her wedding anniversary. But yknow, MORAL OUTRAGE
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As someone who started having sex at 12 with boys & men of varying ages, I wonder about this. Should I feel guilty now that I'm an adult, or is it okay that it doesn't feel icky, or even that I'm aroused when I reflect on the emotional memory from when my sexuality was forming?

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Now? No. Guilt will not change the past, so don't bother for that. "What I thought was okay then, I now realize I do not think is okay now; so, do as I say, not as I did" Our progressive society really works to hard to limit CHANGE and Experience.
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Pretty clearly these laws are in place to prevent adults from taking advantage of children (sexually). I also don’t see where your spanking comment relates to underaged sex...
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As someone that started sex at age 8 & was the instigator with females & males 98% of the time (was never forced) I never saw anything wrong with it all as long as no one forced or hurt me Though that said I can see why the laws are there for those that aren't sexually aware yet.
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The structure of the age of consent is generally around the idea that a younger person is usually unable to comprehend the emotional impact of sexual activity, and someone older may take advantage of this. 1/?
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However, we also recognise that puberty and sexual attraction begins much earlier than emotional maturity, thus experimenting with peers forms part of one's progression and maturation during adolescence. 2/?
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