Do we need to lower/raise the AGE OF CONSENT ?
On another debate I posted, many went off topic to talk about sex and age of consent. So I thought why not post the topic for debate here, rather than go off topic on the other debate? So let's stir things up a little and get things started. Here is some food for thought for my religious friends, Mary was 12, Aisha 9, and Gandhi (despite a vow of celibacy) slept in bed naked with teen girls.
Don't give the old tired argument, it was okay then but now times have changed. That is just as weak an argument as "I know you are but what am I?". It's like you're saying god couldn't see into the future or just snap his mighty fingers and delay puberty, so try a litter harder than that in your arguments. If you're not religious but still believe we should raise the age, okay, why are we so arrogant to think we know better than Mother Nature?
Here in the U.S. many people say the age 18 is the right age, as if that is some magic number. Here are some facts to consider, girls are physically ready for childbirth at 15 (with no increased risk to the mother or baby) and we reach emotional maturity at around 23/24. So if you want to argue for any age, those are the only ages that have any credible biological facts to support them (and no, I'm not going to go back and forth providing links. Do your own research, in the end, even if I do provide links many will just dismiss the links). Also, this may come as a shock to some, but sex isn't just about having babies, sometimes sex is for pleasure (shocking, right?).
One last thought, sex has been acceptable at puberty for all mankind's existence, up until fairly recently in terms of a history perspective, why can't we recognize it as it is; innate and normal? I will gladly concede diseases and early pregnancy are serious issues, the good news is we now have resources available to make sex safer than at anytime in our past... through education, providing access to healthcare, testing for disease, and birth control.
If you are going to debate, at least be honest about the facts. Saying teens aren't prosecuted isn't true. Age of consent laws allow for prosecutions of the very same teens the are supposed to protect, even for having consensual sex with someone their own age (at least in many places in the U.S.). Now your turn, debate away. I've said some of my thoughts, what are your thoughts and why?
Lower the age of consent
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Raise the age of consent
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