Originally posted by Lord Urizen
Adults don't always make the best choices for themselves either. Point taken, but sometimes u gotta let kids make thier own mistakes.....and please...don't bring up that "would u i give a 14 year old a gun" ...having a gun is in no way comparable to having sex. 🙄
Besides...the age restrictions don't restrict the child. They only restrict the adult. 😉
No. But I had sex at 15, and I'm still alive today 🙄
Which is why I'd rather it be at 14. At 12 most children are just starting to transition into puberty....still too early for most.
14 year olds are looking and acting more like adults each day.....
A child yes? A 14 year old would be harder to coerce....
True, but adults have a higher maturity level and are better prepared to deal with choices/consequences. That is why 'we' allow a 16 (18 in some countries) year old to drive because 'we' feel that at that certain age, they are old enough to understand choices/consequences and not at 14 years old.
Sex can be just as deadly in the hands of an immature and uneducated person just as a gun can. But you still would never give a gun to a 14 year old, no matter how mature they seemed would you?
You said you had sex at 14 with a 24 year old not at 15?
You only say 14 is the right age because you had sex with a 24 year old at 14 and your friend had sex with a 30 year old at 14... If you had both been 13, I'm sure that's the age you'd be debating for.
Great, looks is more important than actually being... My best friend has a little sister, she is 11, but by her looks and tone everyone things she is 13 maybe 14 and I admit, she looks closer to 15. She 'blossomed' early, very early, does that fact make her open game to the pedophiles?
Yes a 14 year old would be harder to coerce than a 12 year old in most cases, but it still can be done.