A lot of South American countries with an age of consent at 16 or less have a law about "corruption of minors" or something similar, used against people who "mislead" or "seduce" minors.
18 as age of consent is problematic
Elijah Sanchez
Colton Carter
Like, I get that a 40 year old man going out with a 16 year old would be fucking creepy. Hell, I could even understand having laws prohibiting sex with someone under the age of 18 if you're 18 years older than them or more.
But this, god, what the fuck is wrong with americans?
We do the same kind of shit with our drinking age, lots of people think that its criminally negligent parenting and even abusive to let a 16 year old have booze sometimes, and that people under twenty fucking one SHOULDNT drink. That that law actually makes sense and is just.
In my state they're trying to raise the legal age to buy cigarettes to 21 too.
Julian Myers
Go back
Jaxson Williams
Abolitish sex, drinking, and smoking
Made by Puritan gang
Cooper Hill
Nice
Christopher Miller
The age of consent should obviously be 33
Oliver Carter
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Jackson Ross
Yeah, it really should be. You're not really an adult until about your mid 30s. Having sex with someone younger than that is obviously a predatory way for pedophiles to take advantage of their inexperience and lack of financial stability.
Logan Ramirez
You have to be married to them, though.
Michael Young
My rule is: Divide your age in half and add seven. That's how young you can date. So if you're 30, you can't date anyone younger than 22. Seems reasonable.
Yeah but a lot of those countries are not going to allow older men to have sex with teenagers. So the age of consent is 15 but if you're older than, say, 18, then you're still going to be prosecuted. But the technicalities vary between countries.
This is true in some U.S. states as well. The age of consent in Texas is actually 14 but only with partners who are no more than three years older. So sex between 14- and 17-year-olds is legal, but not between 20-year-olds and 14-year-olds.