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Well, I am not sure if it is a matter of control or attraction. I think some are just (only) physically attracted to teenagers and don't really think about control. That said a 21 year old could have a fine relationship with a 17 year old, while two 22 year olds may have an abusive controlling relationship. Arbitrary cutoff points mean shit all when comparing relationships.

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Adding ages of consent for teens is murky at best when it is natural that from about 13 onwards both sexes are interested and physically ready for sex with peers, below 13 and the children wouldn't be ready, full stop. Note the peers qualification, so a difference of 6-8 years maximum would be permissible.

Education is the only thing that may change the true sexual maturity of those taking part. This is not helped by the general immaturity of the Western world in regards to sex as a natural action, it is either hidden and demonized or distorted to a huge degree, like with the hardcore porn avaliable on the internet. In some places the age of majority it under 10, in some US states you can be charged as an adult for some crimes when you are below 12, yet you can't have sex until 18. How does that work?

In tribal areas of Africa or elsewhere the average 14 or 15 year old is far more knowledgeable about life and sexuality, particularly if they grew up in a tight village community and saw their older siblings marry, make love or speak about that to them. That community meant that young people would be able to know, grow and have sexual experiences with their peers at all stages of life. If it were traditional then child nudity and nudity in general would just be the norm and not a hidden, possible object of desire.

In times past, children on the whole were more mentally mature at an earlier age so they would start having sex when it became possible for their bodies to do so. The recent development of parents who seek to control almost every aspect of their child's life will ultimately limit their decision making ability when posed with sexual situations and create lower self worth that may be prayed upon.

Much of the current age of consent law strikes me as being geared more towards scoring easy points for the law and order section of governments by bringing in a few people they can label as pedophiles (even though if the person is above puberty they technically aren't paedophiles). It's the kind of bureaucracy they love.

This seems to be a recent trend and the out and out demonizing of "pedophiles" will lead to some degree of victim blame, once you create such a societal hate of something the victim will feel guilt for letting the wrong happen - I'm not talking non-consensual rape here, but that where there has been "consent", even if the law doesn't recognise it - even if they were knowledgeable about what the sexual act involved and above puberty.

That said, any relationship can be exploitative no matter what age the participants are and, like all relationships, deciding blame, guilt or exploitation is very subjective - if you've ever seen a family court case - and I am not sure whether the state should be involved once the people are both in or past puberty. Having the age at up to 21 (in Madagascar) just creates a group of sexually active persons with whom all sex is technically illegal and may be prosecuted at the whim of the prosecutor.

That said I feel no more ready for sex now at age 18 than at age 13, the only experience that changed my knowledge was actually having sex once or twice; you could do that at any age above puberty and learn exactly the same amount about what you did or didn't enjoy doing it.

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