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Showing Original Post only (View all)For the sake of argument, is it okay for a 23 year old to have sex with a 16 year old? [View all]
For context, because that's how I do things:
http://www.sexlaws.org/answer_board_question-sex_law_0
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2896052
http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/region_indian_river_county/Copy_of_state-attorneys-deadline-looms-for-18-year-old-kaitlyn-hunts-decision-on-plea-deal
In my opinion? No it isn't. Those are two very different peer groups...two very different age groups.
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For the sake of argument, is it okay for a 23 year old to have sex with a 16 year old? [View all]
ScreamingMeemie
May 2013
OP
One can vote, drink, enlist, drive, enter into contracts, and is not subject to youth curfews.
MADem
May 2013
#5
several hundred thousand years of human biology = predation. got it. nt
galileoreloaded
May 2013
#26
This was based on current laws. And how they stand in some states. Hide thread is your friend. nt.
ScreamingMeemie
May 2013
#42
I would wonder why would a 23 year old adult be interested in a 16 year old kid. n/t
cynatnite
May 2013
#46
If it was consensual, I would gather the 16 year old like them old like that.
morningfog
May 2013
#50
Try to relax. It's a question. Not an argument. This case has raised some interesting and important
ScreamingMeemie
May 2013
#58