Originally posted by Gregory
A "teenager" is, by definition, anyone thirteen or up. I would tend to say that anyone fourteen or younger is a child. Of course, there's a difference between an eight-year-old and a fourteen-year-old; one is a young child, the other is an old child.I would tend to say that when you're about fifteen or sixteen, you can start being sexually active without screwing youself up, ideally with other people of the same age. I'm sure you're right in saying that there are people younger then that who want to have sex, but so what? Most thirteen year olds would probably also love to drive down the highway at 150mph; part of being a responsible adult is not letting kids do things that will mess them up, no matter how much they want to.
There is where the argument lies.....when is a child no longer a child, when does a teenager become more like an adult, etc?
It's different for everyone. There are some 16 year olds who are not ready to have sex. There are some 14 year olds who pretty much can handle it. I know a girl who got 3 abortions when she was 14 (not saying that's a good thing), but she's "way to mature for her age"..she sure as hell aint a "child" ne more.....
I agree with you that it is up to the parents. A parent has every right to forbid thier young child or teenager from becoming sexually active, and doing porn (lol), but ultamately that is between child and parent, not child and government.
All I am saying is that there is a major difference between peadophilia and child molestation (or child rape). Rape and Molestation are ONLY SO when they lack consent. That simple. If CONSENT exists...it is NOT RAPE.....
A child who has no sexual desire CANNOT give consent to sex, therefore THAT WOULD BE RAPE.....and most children who are of age 10 or around there do not possess sexual desire yet.
Otherwise, yes. If a young teenager WANTS to have sex with an adult, or do porn, I don't see how the government has the right to forbid that. As long as the sex is safe, consentual, and enjoyable there is no harm in it. And again...there is no fkn way you can compare doing pornography to driving down a highway at 150MPH...that's a fkn absurd , over the top-ultra , conservative bullshit comparision.....