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snarkhunter (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} snarkhunter) wrote in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} unfunny_fandom, |
the idea that an adolescent girl is able to consent to and even pursue sex with an adult in a mature, responsible way
I don't believe this should ever be used as a foundation for policy or anything, but depending on how you define "adolescent," that can be true.
Do I think a 12-year-old can do this? No. But 16? 17? That's an adolescent. (Of course, technically so is an 18-year-old.) And I think it's insulting to the intelligence of older teens to assume that every single one who consented to sex with an 18, 19, 20, even 21-year-old (or maybe even older) has been abused, raped, whatever. I know there are Romeo & Juliet laws for this exact reason, but not all states have them, and the notion of a bright line between 17 and 18 is positively absurd.
Even 17 and 20...still not a problem for me if everyone's consenting. (I speak from the perspective of being the child of a couple who married at those exact ages.)
I don't believe this should ever be used as a foundation for policy or anything, but depending on how you define "adolescent," that can be true.
Do I think a 12-year-old can do this? No. But 16? 17? That's an adolescent. (Of course, technically so is an 18-year-old.) And I think it's insulting to the intelligence of older teens to assume that every single one who consented to sex with an 18, 19, 20, even 21-year-old (or maybe even older) has been abused, raped, whatever. I know there are Romeo & Juliet laws for this exact reason, but not all states have them, and the notion of a bright line between 17 and 18 is positively absurd.
Even 17 and 20...still not a problem for me if everyone's consenting. (I speak from the perspective of being the child of a couple who married at those exact ages.)
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