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at what age should teenagers be considered adult ?

the age of consent

  • they are not child if they have physical maturity

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should a man age of 21 be charged with pedohilia and convicted of having sex with a child age of 14 15 0r 16 ?

when should a person be considered adult ?

my purpose in starting this thread is not to justify this action

l just wonder why a person has to be accused of being a pedohilie although he is not sexually interested in little children

many of the teenagers have the physical maturity to have sex and give birth although not all of them can be emotionally mature to marry and raise their babies.

if 3 or more adults over 18 can have sex together or marry if polygamy is legalized , why is a person considered pervert pedohilie only because he had sex with a girl who is mature enough to menstruate ?

if both of them are consent to have sex ,what is teh problem ?

they dont seem more disturbing than polygamic lovers
 
should a man age of 21 be charged with pedohilia and convicted of having sex with a child age of 14 15 0r 16 ?

when should a person be considered adult ?

my purpose in starting this thread is not to justify this action

l just wonder why a person has to be accused of being a pedohilie although he is not sexually interested in little children

many of the teenagers have the physical maturity to have sex and give birth although not all of them can be emotionally mature to marry and raise their babies.

if 3 or more adults over 18 can have sex together or marry if polygamy is legalized , why is a person considered pervert pedohilie only because he had sex with a girl who is mature enough to menstruate ?

if both of them are consent to have sex ,what is teh problem ?

they dont seem more disturbing than polygamic lovers

25, when the brain fully develops.

Teenagers don't have a fully developed sense of reasoning or an ability to accurately weigh consequences for poor decisions.
 
should a man age of 21 be charged with pedohilia and convicted of having sex with a child age of 14 15 0r 16 ?

when should a person be considered adult ?

my purpose in starting this thread is not to justify this action

l just wonder why a person has to be accused of being a pedohilie although he is not sexually interested in little children

many of the teenagers have the physical maturity to have sex and give birth although not all of them can be emotionally mature to marry and raise their babies.

if 3 or more adults over 18 can have sex together or marry if polygamy is legalized , why is a person considered pervert pedohilie only because he had sex with a girl who is mature enough to menstruate ?

if both of them are consent to have sex ,what is teh problem ?

they dont seem more disturbing than polygamic lovers

Pedophile is a term that is used to describe an adult having sex with a prepubescent child. There is a different term for a postpubscent/adult sex but I can never remember the term.
 
25, when the brain fully develops.

Teenagers don't have a fully developed sense of reasoning or an ability to accurately weigh consequences for poor decisions.

I agree but I think that 18 across the board for sexual consent and marital consent is old enough. They have had an opportunity to finish high school by then at least.

Because of the fact that the are going to be sexually active younger than 25 and perhaps have a resultant pregnancy, they should be allowed to marry IMO. But I would use 18 as the age because of educational purposes, as well as the maturity factor.
 
should a man age of 21 be charged with pedohilia and convicted of having sex with a child age of 14 15 0r 16 ?

when should a person be considered adult ?

my purpose in starting this thread is not to justify this action

l just wonder why a person has to be accused of being a pedohilie although he is not sexually interested in little children

many of the teenagers have the physical maturity to have sex and give birth although not all of them can be emotionally mature to marry and raise their babies.

if 3 or more adults over 18 can have sex together or marry if polygamy is legalized , why is a person considered pervert pedohilie only because he had sex with a girl who is mature enough to menstruate ?

if both of them are consent to have sex ,what is teh problem ?

they dont seem more disturbing than polygamic lovers

Sorry Medusa, but I think people have sex with children is much more disturbing than more than two adults consenting to marriage.
 
Sorry Medusa, but I think people have sex with children is much more disturbing than more than two adults consenting to marriage.


true ,did l say something opposite ?

but which child can be mature enough to have sex ?
 
I agree but I think that 18 across the board for sexual consent and marital consent is old enough. They have had an opportunity to finish high school by then at least.

Because of the fact that the are going to be sexually active younger than 25 and perhaps have a resultant pregnancy, they should be allowed to marry IMO. But I would use 18 as the age because of educational purposes, as well as the maturity factor.

Well let me ask you this - how many people your age do you know who married at 17/18 that are still together? My guess is probably very few, if any - unless she got knocked up.

It was common in my grandparents' days because back then, divorce was taboo and frowned upon so you stuck with the person you married, come hell or high water, even if they turned out to be a complete waste of oxygen.

You CAN get married at 18, just like you CAN get divorced at 20. Then you're on the market as 20 and divorced. Good luck finding someone new, especially if you got a kid out of that brief mistake.
 
Sorry Medusa, but I think people have sex with children is much more disturbing than more than two adults consenting to marriage.

Maybe she is talking from an Islamic point of view..where I know that very young girls can be married off..like it or not..
 
should a man age of 21 be charged with pedohilia and convicted of having sex with a child age of 14 15 0r 16 ?

when should a person be considered adult ?

my purpose in starting this thread is not to justify this action

l just wonder why a person has to be accused of being a pedohilie although he is not sexually interested in little children

many of the teenagers have the physical maturity to have sex and give birth although not all of them can be emotionally mature to marry and raise their babies.

if 3 or more adults over 18 can have sex together or marry if polygamy is legalized , why is a person considered pervert pedohilie only because he had sex with a girl who is mature enough to menstruate ?

if both of them are consent to have sex ,what is teh problem ?

they dont seem more disturbing than polygamic lovers

An adult having sex with a late teen is called ephebophilia, not pedophilia.
 
For one, their psychosocial level is still around the same level as an 11 year old until about the age of 18. The brain is not fully developed until around the age of 25.

People call them pedophiles because they don't know any better or they simply exaggerate in order to show their disgust.

Menstruation does not mean that a girl should be legally allowed to have sex with anybody let alone a 20, 25, 30yr old she is still a kid and in our society we try very hard to protect our children from both emotional and physical harm.

I would leave the age of adulthood at 18 and/or change it to 18 (some states I believe are slightly different) :confused:



Edit: This is a response to the OP, apparently I'm a slow typer.
 
Well let me ask you this - how many people your age do you know who married at 17/18 that are still together? My guess is probably very few, if any - unless she got knocked up.

It was common in my grandparents' days because back then, divorce was taboo and frowned upon so you stuck with the person you married, come hell or high water, even if they turned out to be a complete waste of oxygen.

You CAN get married at 18, just like you CAN get divorced at 20. Then you're on the market as 20 and divorced. Good luck finding someone new, especially if you got a kid out of that brief mistake.

LOL! It's really not as hard as you think it is to find a man. It's actually QUITE easy. TOO easy sometimes. A LOT of men don't care if you have a child from another marriage or relationship, and if he does then he isn't the man for me. ;)
 
Not sure, the age gap between my husband and I is almost ten years, he was 19, I was 27. Some called me a sicko, not sure why, we are still together
 
To assume that age, and only age, is important is foolish. At age 17 years, 11 months and 29 days you are an immature moron, totally without legal free will and the next day you are a sage adult able to make every one of life's decisions is simply insane. Consider the act of murder instead of sex and see if your arguments hold true. If you are old (wize?) enough to understand the act then you are old (wize?) enough to be considered in control.
 
To assume that age, and only age, is important is foolish. At age 17 years, 11 months and 29 days you are an immature moron, totally without legal free will and the next day you are a sage adult able to make every one of life's decisions is simply insane. Consider the act of murder instead of sex and see if your arguments hold true. If you are old (wize?) enough to understand the act then you are old (wize?) enough to be considered in control.

Well you have to draw a line somewhere.
 
LOL! It's really not as hard as you think it is to find a man. It's actually QUITE easy. TOO easy sometimes. A LOT of men don't care if you have a child from another marriage or relationship, and if he does then he isn't the man for me. ;)

Then you're the exception. I know women with kids from a previous relationship, and when you start throwing around phrases like "package deal", they run away screaming. I should know. I'm one of them.

Now, at your age it may not be a problem (quit lookin at me like that), but if you're 21, divorced, and have a newborn baby - the chances of you finding a decent guy revolve somewhere along the "hit by lightning" or "win the lotto" probability.
 
Not sure, the age gap between my husband and I is almost ten years, he was 19, I was 27. Some called me a sicko, not sure why, we are still together

Could it be because you love him??
 
Then you're the exception. I know women with kids from a previous relationship, and when you start throwing around phrases like "package deal", they run away screaming. I should know. I'm one of them.

Now, at your age it may not be a problem (quit lookin at me like that), but if you're 21, divorced, and have a newborn baby - the chances of you finding a decent guy revolve somewhere along the "hit by lightning" or "win the lotto" probability.

Why do you keep saying "at your age." You don't even know how old I am. You're confused. Twenty-one-year-old females do not have problems getting men. That is a statistic for women over 40.
 
Why do you keep saying "at your age." You don't even know how old I am. You're confused. Twenty-one-year-old females do not have problems getting men. That is a statistic for women over 40.

I thought you were in your 40s...or at least late 30s.

See, this kind of information is useful for making anecdotal arguments.

Edit: And I'm sure that 21 year old women can get men. They will, of course, almost always get the wrong kind of man.
 
I thought you were in your 40s...or at least late 30s.

See, this kind of information is useful for making anecdotal arguments.

Oh really? What would make you "think" that?
 
Well you have to draw a line somewhere.

I did. When you realize what is going on. To assert that you were less of a "victim" or "perp" simply because of your age is insane. Even a six year old knows that beating someone or biting someone is wrong, if not then they should be locked up until such time as they do. I "draw the line" at the affect upon the victim; you are not less dead/raped because the perp was 16.
 
this thread is not about islam or a country.please stay on topic.....
 
I thought you were in your 40s...or at least late 30s.

See, this kind of information is useful for making anecdotal arguments.

Edit: And I'm sure that 21 year old women can get men. They will, of course, almost always get the wrong kind of man.

:roll: Pot meet kettle.
 
I did. When you realize what is going on. To assert that you were less of a "victim" or "perp" simply because of your age is insane. Even a six year old knows that beating someone or biting someone is wrong, if not then they should be locked up until such time as they do. I "draw the line" at the affect upon the victim; you are not less dead/raped because the perp was 16.

This is about age of consent, not criminal rape or murder.
 
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