But hold on, Tom has repeatedly said that he thinks the age of consent should be lowered. Clearly this is an imposter! I hope you realise that impersonating a US citizen is illegal “Tommie,” or whatever your real name is.
I just said it again. 18 is too high for general consent, 15 is too low and below 14 is too young for the girl to be mature enough to make an informed decision in special circumstances, like marrying an 18 year old. Quite honestly, my reasoning for lowering it to 16 has more to do with being able to sign contracts than to get laid. Argue this position rationally or put a sock in it , dweebs.
I can debate this reasonably with a person who has every reason to debate this after their history that includes sex with an underage person while they themselves were an adult. The question is can you?
I see 18 as being perfectly reasonable if one of the other people in question is older than that and the other person is younger. There's a clear distinction in America at least between the lives and responsibilities of 18 year olds and older and those younger. I don't think it's a magic number that determines maturity, but it is what society has determined is legally an adult in most important aspects of life, including I think the age of consent when it comes to other adults. If you're 18 or older, stick to that age group, you have no reason to go for people younger than that. 18 year olds dating 17 year olds or some shit aside. The only reason for a 19-early 20 year old or older to be with a 15-17 year old person is to take advantage of them. At that point, you should be able to interact with adults.
If the two people involved are both younger than 18, then the situation should be examined in detail and assessed based on what actually happened.
If you are a legal adult fucking young to mid teenagers, you're a fucking goof who very obviously has issues.
Of course I can, but do you understand that was a single , completely harmless circumstance that in no way even is a valid indicator of pedophilia at all and a huge stretch to call it child rape? Most of what is "known to be true" about me is sick fantasies projected at me by politically motivated perverts.
Just to base your entire reasoning on American norms when American society is fucked up by patriarchal authoritarianism and crony capitalism, makes it nonsense to the other 6 1/2 billion people on the planet. Most other societies don't stratify themselves along age lines that way. Young look up to the elders and the elders are happy to share. Master tradespeople teach the youngers. Public assemblies are attended by people of all ages. In many, it is common for a young man to marry a girl under 16 while they're in their late 20's, though I don't disagree at all that young men who fuck multiple teens are predators. I don't call for a reduction in the AOC to enable that at all, but to enable those marriages that are culturally acceptable to various other ethnoreligious group's customs. We do not have the right under our constitution to deny them something like that.
My main reasoning for lowering it to 16 is not about sex, but enabling minors to speak for themselves when they have gotten old enough to drive and enter the work place. I think they should also be able to sign contracts and vote to at that point. Many queer youths, trapped in dysfunctional families, would be able to legally get clear of them, instead of killing themselves before they're 18.
As things are, the vast majority of child sex abuse is committed by kin or an adult trusted by the family. Most of the rest are committed by men under 30 who either were honestly fooled by a minor that they weren't jail bait or the girl was so promiscuous nobody cared until the parents turned somebody in. Tweaking the AOC a little will prevent these innocent lives from being ruined by a Lolita. The image of a skeevy character in a van preying on kids, is the least common rapist of children. To be so passionate about ostracizing me on the basis of what i "admit to" is just ludicrous and highly illegal.