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Originally Posted by Angela  Yes, as I mentioned before, I am fine with discriminating "against" minors who are being "denied" certain legal rights (like the right to have sex with adults, and the right to enter into a legally binding contract as an adult) because they are underage. I'm not interested in making it illegal for minors to have sex with adults (or with each other) or for minors to enter into legally binding contracts; I'm in favor of having it continue to be illegal for adults to manipulate kids in such matters. |
I'm thinking the issue here isn't so much about "kids" as it is that little grey area in the teenage years.
Before they are 18, but older than, say, 16.
Cases where, say, a 21 year old man has sex with a 17 year old girl and gets the book thrown at him. I think those laws are ridiculous.
A 40 year old man having sex with a 17 year old girl, however, is just wrong. Why? Becaue a 40 year old man has far more "resources" with which to persuade a 17 year old girl than a 21 year old man. The 21 year old and the 17 year old are on similar mental capacities.