"barely legal"...should it be?

[carpe_embreem]

So i just woke up and started reading a community post about the gray areas of age of sexual consent laws, and threw my following two cents in, and even though it's not entirely coherent, i wanted to toss it up on my personal journal to see if any of you wanted to add to the conversation

Comments

[rotting_angel]

I very much agree with your point of view.
I too lost my virginity at eighteen. But not only because it was when it was appropriate for me but also because I felt like I finally "had permission" to do so without feeling crappy or feeling like a hoe or anything silly like that.
I keep trying to continue with thought and what have you but you pretty much summed it up for me. I agree with you totally.

[carpe_embreem]

Thanks so much for commenting, I'm glad you relate to what i'm saying. i wasn't sure it made sense!

[rotting_angel]

It's kind of a hard point to convey without sounding like a sicko or something I think. Because teenage girls are made to believe it's wrong to be sexual. And any opinion other then that is viewed as bad.

[demoralyzer]

The laws and selection of the number 18 are really arbitrary and the hard part is...they don't align with evolutionary controlled urges around procreation.

At any rate I fully agree with you that we need to focus on critical thinking and intelligent decision making around the choices people face at ALL ages.