Personally, I think it should be 18. Because I think everything that you can do as an adult should be 18. Driving a car without restrictions, smoking () and being able to go to a bar and order a drink ought to be available at 18.
I know it's a touchy subject, but how do you all feel about this?
Local govt raise the age of consent from 14 to 16. That was a good thing imo.
EDIT: although there are some restrictions. Obviously the age of consent between minors is 16 years old. Between adults is 18. Voting/drinking/driving is also 18.
Teenagers will be teenagers, and some will obviously not obey the age of consent. There will always be some who decide to do the deed at a very tender age and then decide later on in their life how wrong they were.
Why are there age limits? why is it illegal to marry a 12-year old? Helen of Troy was 12. Juliet and Cleopatra were still teenagers when they became famous. Most heroines of classic novels and poems were underage by today's laws. Medical studies show that the best age for a woman to have children is between 15 and 25 (lowest chances of miscarriage, of birth defects and, last but not least, of the woman dying while giving birth); while the worst age is after the mid 30s. And the younger you are, the more likely you are to cement a real friendship with your children; the older you are, the more likely that the "generational gap" will hurt your children's psychology. Therefore it is much more natural to have a child at 16 than at 40. In countless countries of the world women have their first child at a very young age, and stop having children at a relatively young age. Nonetheless, in the USA it is illegal to have sex before 18 (but, note, only if the partner is over 18, which is like saying that it is ok to rob a bank if you are a banker), while it is perfectly legal to get pregnant at 40 or (thanks to medical progress) even at 70.
before anyone freaks out, this is copypasta from famous /mu/ meme Piero Scaruffi. Needless to say, he is an idiot on most subjects.
The age of consent in my state is 16, with close-in-age exemptions. I think that's good. It provides a balance between keeping adults from taking advantage of particularly young kids, but keeps people involved in more understandable (say, 19/17) pairings from going to jail. They just go to the Maury show instead.
Though, I don't really claim that any specific age is ideal for age of consent. There might be some room to tweak the specific number.
Why are there age limits? why is it illegal to marry a 12-year old? Helen of Troy was 12. Juliet and Cleopatra were still teenagers when they became famous. Most heroines of classic novels and poems were underage by today's laws. Medical studies show that the best age for a woman to have children is between 15 and 25 (lowest chances of miscarriage, of birth defects and, last but not least, of the woman dying while giving birth); while the worst age is after the mid 30s. And the younger you are, the more likely you are to cement a real friendship with your children; the older you are, the more likely that the "generational gap" will hurt your children's psychology. Therefore it is much more natural to have a child at 16 than at 40. In countless countries of the world women have their first child at a very young age, and stop having children at a relatively young age. Nonetheless, in the USA it is illegal to have sex before 18 (but, note, only if the partner is over 18, which is like saying that it is ok to rob a bank if you are a banker), while it is perfectly legal to get pregnant at 40 or (thanks to medical progress) even at 70.
before anyone freaks out, this is copypasta from famous /mu/ meme Piero Scaruffi. Needless to say, he is an idiot on most subjects.
) and being able to go to a bar and order a drink ought to be available at 18. 
