Flying_Phoenix said:If the genders would have been reversed, GAF would be all:
"ZOMG MONSTER MONSTER!"
"BURN AT HIM AT THE STAKE!"
"RAPIST!"
"OFF WITH HIS HEAD!"
Yes, which proves that being male and under 18 can be fucking awesome.
Flying_Phoenix said:If the genders would have been reversed, GAF would be all:
"ZOMG MONSTER MONSTER!"
"BURN AT HIM AT THE STAKE!"
"RAPIST!"
"OFF WITH HIS HEAD!"
Suairyu said:Have you read nothing I have said? She can consent, she just isn't legally allowed. Can you not understand the difference?
A person isn't a allowed to steal, that doesn't mean they can't. Do you get me?
Rape is sex without consent, not sex without legally approved consent.
And courts never ignore laws, they choose to add context and common sense. Any legal system that applies the letter of the law alone is a failed legal system. It isn't rendering a law pointless, it's merely using it for its intended purpose - the protection of the populace.
JayDubya said:If they're not adults, responsible for their actions, then no, they didn't consent because by definition they couldn't.
Brian Griffin said:Actually, by definition, they can:
40 yr old: "Hey, wanna fuck?"
9 yr old: "Sure!"
BAM, consent.
Its not like shes gonna have sex with her own children.Mother of two: Bowles, who faces up to 10 year in jail if convicted, is on $50,000 bail - but cannot approach anyone under the age of 18, including her own children
Suairyu said:The age of consent is there to protect underage people from being taken advantage of by of much older adults. If you tried to take a 13 year old boy and his 14 year old girlfriend to court and charge them with underaged sex you wouldn't get very far. They consented the sex, even if many would argue they didn't understand what they were doing (in my personal experience, most people know what they're doing by the age of 12. Intellectually, at least).
In the UK, where the age of consent is 16, you couldn't even take a 16 year old boy to court for having consensual sex with his 15 year old girlfriend. Nobody would think of it as rape. Consent had been given. They probably wouldn't even actually consider it 'statutory rape', despite the letter of the law. Laws are forever context-based like that.
Would you call that case rape?
Don't use legal logic. Think carefully about what 'rape' means - to force someone to have sex.
To extend the question to where I believe you'd next take it - a 13 year old and an 18 year old engaging in sex. Broadly speaking, no. The 18 year old does know better. They are in the position of responsibility to say no. In many cases, despite the 13 year old giving their consent, they are not mature enough to fully comprehend giving that consent. The 18 year old should realise this and say no. That doesn't make it rape if he doesn't act responsibly, it's the term 'statutory rape' - technical rape due to the individual not being able to give consent.
Then you don't understand legal systems, nor what 'ignore' means. Or even 'arbitrarily'. Context is everything. Laws cannot take into account every possible permutation of life and events. It is the role of the courts to interpret the law and enforce it as it best fits the situation.JayDubya said:I would call arbitrarily ignoring / enforcing a system is more indicative of a systemic failure.
Oh no, not at all. Coercing someone who is unsure about having sex is a thorny issue even when past the age of consent. It's not rape as I would define it, but it's not great. It's that coercion that the laws of consent are there to prevent.timetokill said:It sounds like you don't believe that convincing somebody to have sex, even if they're unsure but agree to go along with it anyway because you're a person who is older and perhaps an authority figure, is rape.
mavs said:That is not about consent, it's about the conduct of your teachers. The point isn't to protect 18-year olds, it's to enforce acceptable behavior of teachers.
JayDubya said:No, they can't, else fixed.
Bullshit did they. It's a relic of the 'sex=dirty, perverse practice only married adults can partake in' mentality that has been carried over for far too long.Black-Wind said:Man, this is a silly argument.
The LAW is in place to dictate, by law, when someone can consent. They put in research and did studies and all that jazz and decided that at so-and-so age this person is mature enough mentally and emotionally to consent to having sex.
*fist bump*Blackace said:This is an Epic Tales of Penis(tm) post!
UltimaPooh said:But they literally just consented.
In simple terms if a parent asked "Hey you want pizza for dinner?" to a 12 year old and the 12 year old said "Yeah." that's a consent.
Sure, it may have started out that way. Hell, it likely did ... but thats probably a move made out of common sense after observing how people grow at the time.Suairyu said:Bullshit did they. It's a relic of the 'sex=dirty, perverse practice only married adults can partake in' mentality that has been carried over for far too long.
Biologically, most people are reading (and willing, thanks to their impulses) to go by the age of 12. A lot even sooner. Psychologically, everyone is vastly different, but if they aren't capable of saying 'yes' or 'no' by the age of 16 I don't see what two extra years are going to do.
Age of consent laws are primarily there to prevent adults coercing the underaged into engaging in practices they might not be ready for for, not to dictate when someone is able to have sex.
Is this some kind of cop-out?Suairyu said:EDIT - Actually I think I'm just going to leave this now. I come from a society which has - in my mind - a much healthier and modern outlook on sex than the American one, both socially and in regards to how the laws are applied. In general, Europe is like that. Hell, compared to other European countries, the UK is still far behind.
This is personal experience and it naturally clouds my ability to be objective in any of this discussion. I've said my views on the matter and I'll leave it at that.
UltimaPooh said:But they literally just consented.
In simple terms if a parent asked "Hey you want pizza for dinner?" to a 12 year old and the 12 year old said "Yeah." that's a consent.
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Looks like hubby still forgives her.
Dorrin said:Husband holding her hand.. wow. So not only does she cheat on you and besides that with a kid but she also can't even help take care of the kids assuming she is now fired as she can't see them. Nice. If I was that guy I'd have myself a nice attorney and working to get her out of my life.
Also would.
I don't think his point is just that our age of consent is too high, but also that the consequences for sex with a 16 year old are much too harsh. Sex with a post-pubescent person should come with some consequences, but 10 years in state prison with murderers, rapists, and gang members is a little ridiculous. Especially in cases where the older one was duped as to the true age of their sex partner. Sex with a prepubescent child however, is pedophilia, and should be punished accordingly.Black-Wind said:Sure, it may have started out that way. Hell, it likely did ... but thats probably a move made out of common sense after observing how people grow at the time.
The studies and research I'm referring to isn't from back then, its from recent years. ( Sorry if you thought I was saying they did this w/e they made the laws. Fucking blizzard missing with my head, IDK why I typed that that way)
The body of a 9-12-15yo may be ready to have sex but the mind is not in a state that is capable of making the type of long term decisions of an adult nor is it able to understand romantic relationships or control impulses as well as the adult brain. Its still developing and growing, just like their bodies. Thats why teens do so many stupid things, they don't have the foresight to understand the lasting results of their actions and they lack the full ability to control their hormone fueled impulses.
Not saying that they shouldn't be held responsible for their actions, just that they sure as hell arnt working with the same deck of cards as adults. Thats why we don't charge them as adults for certain crimes.
But this is getting off topic. :/
Like I said "The LAW is in place to dictate, by law, when someone can consent". Its just that simple. Just because a 40yo can ask a 9yo if they wanna fuck and the 9yo says yes does NOT mean, by law, that 9yo consented.
Is this some kind of cop-out?
Your land has it's own age of consent of 16 I believe ... so I assume they follow these laws in some ways.
You should respect the fact that other places that don't have such low ages of consent instead of questioning it. If some adult where you lived fucked a 12 yo would, how would it turn out? Would they factor in that the 12yo consented? How would that work?
(I actually do want to know seeing as you're taking this stance and I have not the slightest clue how sex laws work there)
heh...where is this from?Szu said:SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!
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It differs from state to state, so most of us carry of these -supermackem said:16 over here is legal, they would be high fives all round for the lad over here. Seems harsh, what the legal age in the usa?.
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Suairyu said:in my personal experience, most people know what they're doing by the age of 12.
As hurt as the husband probably is, perhaps he doesn't want to see his wife rot in jail for 10 years, even if he does divorce her. Being by her side in the courtroom is a positive influence on a judge or jury.Dorrin said:Husband holding her hand.. wow. So not only does she cheat on you and besides that with a kid but she also can't even help take care of the kids assuming she is now fired as she can't see them. Nice. If I was that guy I'd have myself a nice attorney and working to get her out of my life.
supermackem said:16 over here is legal, they would be high fives all round for the lad over here. Seems harsh, what the legal age in the usa?.