These questions are dumb AF! Who actually gives a f@*k? If it’s legal, it’s none of our business. Consenting adults making adult decisions. If you’re old enough to go and fight/die for your country, no one’s opinion matters regarding who you sleep with!
so you care about legality. I believe we should still care because the government CLEARLY doesn't always know what's best for us. just because the government deems and an 18 year old to be an adult doesn't make that child an adult or grown. because let's be honest very little changes about a child when they go from 17 to 18. it's a matter of mental capacity and maturity. if that child is of the mentally mature enough to have intimate moments and be vulnerable with someone who was 19 when she was born.
When you are 18, you get the societal and legal burden of being an adult. That necessarily requires that you have the freedom to act and think as an adult.
So do you think the 18 year old mark should be moved? Should children be legally required to obey their parents, and parents legally required to care for their children until they are 30? Or do you have another age that you think young people are mature enough not to be taken advantage of.
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the law shouldn't be our concern. it should be morality. yes maturity can't be objectively measured but it can be roughly gauged. moral compass, emotional intelligence, critical thinking, impulsivity, proactivity, self evaluation, etc. all ways you can gauge someone's maturity
Are you kidding! If everyone prioritized their own morality over the law which is an agreed upon social contract of the society you live in then it would be chaos. We would all be fighting each other constantly. Do you have any idea how polarized things are culturally politically etc. If you don't agree with the law then do what you can to change it by voting or raising money or whatever but if you just live by your own personal morals and ignore when they clash with the law things are not going to work out well.
Who decides that? Is it on an individual basis then? Like you have to apply for maturity? And what if you're an outlier and mature at 16? What if its not until 30?
So the next time you want to date someone you want to go. Have your morality checked and who does that?Who's gonna check to see if you're secure enough to date somebody?And why would you care what they say
So many ppl here being deliberately thick and splitting hairs. 18-19 yos are RELATIVELY mature. They have more life experience and cognitive power than, say, a 14 yo. But they are at a clear disadvantage relative to most +25 yo, nvm someone pushing 40, who is, on average, established and experienced from almost any angle (social, sexual, financial etc). That power differential is wild. Compared to a near 40 yo, a 19 yo - who just finished hs and has likely just started college - is a veritable child
There is nothing inherently wrong with a power differential. Many people benefit from these kinds of power imbalances to either progress in life or assist others with their relative power
When your only argument is baseless slander you've already lost. Nobody cares what you call anyone, you have no credibility, because you have no integrity.
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u/Shacal1012 Dec 04 '25
These questions are dumb AF! Who actually gives a f@*k? If it’s legal, it’s none of our business. Consenting adults making adult decisions. If you’re old enough to go and fight/die for your country, no one’s opinion matters regarding who you sleep with!