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underbear1 · May 3, 2006, 05:34 pm

Definition of age of consent is arbitrary and changes significantly, even in the past 50 years.
A couple Southern states allowed girls 13 years old to marry a boy 14years old, in the 1960's.
Women/girls were married off at the age of 12yo, and considered old maids at 15yo in the 1800's.
There needs to be some allowance for similar aged youths who may be within 3-5 years of their loved ones age, to not be considered child predators. I knew many young women 16-17yo. dating college aged men, and no one raised an eyebrow.We seem to keep lengthening the amount of time that we want to attempt to keep youth sexually inactive, and teen's hormones clearly are telling those youths something all together different.
Young women mature younger than their male equivalents, so it's not surprising they find more comfort level in men a few years older. This fact might also make the female predator teachers who have sex with young males, MORE aggregious, because those 13yo boys aren't as mature as their female classmates.

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underbear1 BANNED Posts: 2,630	Definition of age of consent is arbitrary and changes significantly, even in the past 50 years. A couple Southern states allowed girls 13 years old to marry a boy 14years old, in the 1960's. Women/girls were married off at the age of 12yo, and considered old maids at 15yo in the 1800's. There needs to be some allowance for similar aged youths who may be within 3-5 years of their loved ones age, to not be considered child predators. I knew many young women 16-17yo. dating college aged men, and no one raised an eyebrow.We seem to keep lengthening the amount of time that we want to attempt to keep youth sexually inactive, and teen's hormones clearly are telling those youths something all together different. Young women mature younger than their male equivalents, so it's not surprising they find more comfort level in men a few years older. This fact might also make the female predator teachers who have sex with young males, MORE aggregious, because those 13yo boys aren't as mature as their female classmates. Last edited by underbear1; May 3, 2006 at 05:41 pm.