Do you always post in a manner that makes quoting your reply cumbersome?
Age changes people. Simple as that. At different points in peoples lives they are looking for different things. They have different expectations in life and of the people around them. Teenagers typically have short term non-committal relationships and are looking to experiment. Adults on the other hand are typically looking for a more serious commitment.
Teenage girls do indeed develop crushes on older men and teenage boys develop crushes on older women. But there is a difference between dreaming, desire and actually committing.
What about it?
It was to me. And no your argument doesn't stand. The law is rarely applied as blindly as you suggest. In cases of under age sex, sexual assault or rape the line is blurred as you put it where there is or isn't a public interest in having the case prosecuted.
Modern developed countries aren't dismissing anything with legislation. Instead they recognise that children going through puberty are less able to think through the consequences of making a decision and have therefore quite rightly decided that certain decisions need to be taken for these children for the benefit of their own welfare.
In other words, developed nations recognise that teenagers are risk takers. And indeed research on teenage brains confirms they are wired to take risks without thinking through the consequences. Unlike fully mature adults. That makes teenagers particularly vulnerable to making bad decisions or to being taken advantage of.
As I said in my previous answer. There are practical reasons for the social taboos surrounding having sex at too early an age. A teenage girls body in general simply isn't fully developed enough to support a healthy pregnancy.
Dangers of teenage pregnancy.
Age changes people. Simple as that. At different points in peoples lives they are looking for different things. They have different expectations in life and of the people around them. Teenagers typically have short term non-committal relationships and are looking to experiment. Adults on the other hand are typically looking for a more serious commitment.
Teenage girls do indeed develop crushes on older men and teenage boys develop crushes on older women. But there is a difference between dreaming, desire and actually committing.
What about it?
It was to me. And no your argument doesn't stand. The law is rarely applied as blindly as you suggest. In cases of under age sex, sexual assault or rape the line is blurred as you put it where there is or isn't a public interest in having the case prosecuted.
Modern developed countries aren't dismissing anything with legislation. Instead they recognise that children going through puberty are less able to think through the consequences of making a decision and have therefore quite rightly decided that certain decisions need to be taken for these children for the benefit of their own welfare.
In other words, developed nations recognise that teenagers are risk takers. And indeed research on teenage brains confirms they are wired to take risks without thinking through the consequences. Unlike fully mature adults. That makes teenagers particularly vulnerable to making bad decisions or to being taken advantage of.
As I said in my previous answer. There are practical reasons for the social taboos surrounding having sex at too early an age. A teenage girls body in general simply isn't fully developed enough to support a healthy pregnancy.
Dangers of teenage pregnancy.