I feel like a lot of these are misleading. There’s a huge difference between what is immoral, what ought to be stopped, and the mechanism for stopping it.
Personally, for enforcement I’d be much more in favor of a fluid age of consent, based on both partners’ ages, and perhaps considering power dynamics. If two 13-year-olds have sex, that’s a mistake, but they shouldn’t end up on a sex offender list for the rest of their lives for that mistake. If a penalty were to fall somewhere, perhaps the adults in their lives. On the other hand, if a 30-year-old school teacher has sex with a 14-year-old, the teacher should go to prison for a very long time.
That’s just me. Other societies can come to different conclusions, and that should be okay too. Cultural imperialism is a bigger problem than most of the issues it tries to tackle. Cultures can especially come to different conclusions on mechanisms. Tough-on-[x] laws sound great on paper, but rarely have the desired impact. Experimenting with what does and doesn’t work seems reasonable.
Thanks for the heads up!
Hold up, it isn’t 18?
age of consent and legality of having sex with a minor is such a weird thing
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And what about Vatican? 11 or 12?
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I feel like a lot of these are misleading. There’s a huge difference between what is immoral, what ought to be stopped, and the mechanism for stopping it.
Personally, for enforcement I’d be much more in favor of a fluid age of consent, based on both partners’ ages, and perhaps considering power dynamics. If two 13-year-olds have sex, that’s a mistake, but they shouldn’t end up on a sex offender list for the rest of their lives for that mistake. If a penalty were to fall somewhere, perhaps the adults in their lives. On the other hand, if a 30-year-old school teacher has sex with a 14-year-old, the teacher should go to prison for a very long time.
That’s just me. Other societies can come to different conclusions, and that should be okay too. Cultural imperialism is a bigger problem than most of the issues it tries to tackle. Cultures can especially come to different conclusions on mechanisms. Tough-on-[x] laws sound great on paper, but rarely have the desired impact. Experimenting with what does and doesn’t work seems reasonable.
Thanks for the heads up!
Hold up, it isn’t 18?
age of consent and legality of having sex with a minor is such a weird thing