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KitSileya

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14. Um, it is illegal for adults to hook up with anyone under 17.

Fri Apr 4, 2014, 08:05 AM

Apr 2014

Even in states with Romeo and Juliet laws, if you are 30+, it is illegal for you to have sex with someone under the age of consent. Period. And that is how it should be.

For every rare tale of a couple who found each other when one of them was 14 and they stayed together despite the large age difference, there are 100, 1000 stories of teenagers who later in life realize that they felt pressured, dirty, or uneasy for having sex with a partner that much older, not to mention realize what impact it has had on their later relationships. Very much like the (trigger warning!) video bostonbean recently posted in HoF which encapsulates perfectly why there is an age of consent, and why it should be upheld.

In Norway, the age of consent is 16, and that is ok, I believe, simply because Norway actually has a comprehensive sex education integrated into the school subjects. In the US, where so many have inadequate or non-existent sex education the age of consent should stay 18.

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Middle aged people hitting on teenagers [View all] redqueen Apr 2014 OP

Yeah, I remember dudes in their late 30s and up who used to cruise dive bars near campus Warpy Apr 2014 #1

I remember being 13-14, and trying to play it cool... redqueen Apr 2014 #4

Reacted rather badly? F4lconF16 Apr 2014 #8

If you have to say "don't tell". ForgoTheConsequence Apr 2014 #2

Creep. geardaddy Apr 2014 #3

One of the replies - Mnemosyne Apr 2014 #5

He wanted to get a hotel room gollygee Apr 2014 #7

Creeps. nt Mnemosyne Apr 2014 #12

Men are simply confused. Like the old man poster how old does a girl have to be seabeyond Apr 2014 #6

Oh I read about that ismnotwasm Apr 2014 #9

Lol. Ya. Nt seabeyond Apr 2014 #10

I read that today Texasgal Apr 2014 #11

Turns out this story is a hoax. alp227 Apr 2014 #13

Um, it is illegal for adults to hook up with anyone under 17. KitSileya Apr 2014 #14

No, that's not true. cemaphonic Apr 2014 #30

Ha, viral marketing strikes again. redqueen Apr 2014 #15

It's a shame that we actually need laws telling adults Flatulo Apr 2014 #18

well mercuryblues Apr 2014 #16

He's gross and wierd JustAnotherGen Apr 2014 #17

i didnt know this about the man. barely know who the man is. but, shocker learning about douglas. seabeyond Apr 2014 #19

What is the deal about Kirk Douglas? nt redqueen Apr 2014 #20

i read an accounting of a horrible rape of natalie wood. nt seabeyond Apr 2014 #21

Ditto seabeyond JustAnotherGen Apr 2014 #22

Yep, just because someone is a liberal redqueen Apr 2014 #23

and this is so out there and has nothing to do with what i learned. his eyes. seabeyond Apr 2014 #24

Totally with you on that JustAnotherGen Apr 2014 #25

i love you justanothergen. from the heart. there are people, and especially women seabeyond Apr 2014 #26

What wrong with Kirk Douglas? Dyedinthewoolliberal Apr 2014 #28

I recall reading interviews with men patronizing legal brothels in Nevada. Jgarrick Apr 2014 #27

I wasn't attracted to teenagers SevenSixtyTwo Apr 2014 #29

I remember when I was 24, there was a 17 y/o Friendly's waitress who liked me, and I felt Flatulo Apr 2014 #31

"at that young age, a difference of seven years seems like a whole 'nother generation." redqueen Apr 2014 #32

It messed up my sister for decades, at least Flatulo Apr 2014 #33