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Keith Larman wrote:
However, society does have a vested interest in protecting minors and as such has to set boundaries legally to allow for redress for bad behavior.
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That's fine, but if all you've done is create a punishment system for transgressors, you have at best solved half the problem. If society "protects" minors until the day they turn 18, but does nothing to prepare them for adulthood (and sexual relationships are only one aspect of this), you're simply leaving them high and dry the day that legal "protection" runs out.
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Keith Larman wrote:
As already noted many jurisdictions have rules that are "flexible" depending on the relative ages of those involved. anyone here want to argue for an exception for 13-year-olds with 49-year-olds?
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Don't go building a strawman -- you know that that's not what I was talking about.