Gray Shockley wrote:
The age of consent is probably one of the most
complicated sexual issues. On the one hand, teens
are physically capable of becoming parents, and
even small children are capable of orgasms.

The problem is, or course, is that the society at
large, led by the Fox-y News Media,


Faux News doesn't "lead" anybody. It's reenforcement for
the

Don't try to change my mind;
It's already been made up for me.

crowd.

Unfortunately, while they're not the majority,
they're the ones who get the best press. Better
to be strong than right.

On
the other, there's the question of if teens are
emotionally ready, and they certainly aren't
ready for the stigma of pregnancy. Or the
economic realities of having children. When
you're talking about girls who recently got their
period, they're most likely not physically ready
for pregnancy either.


Hell, they're not ready for "french-kissing"!

Too true. A lot of reasons to be protective of a
daughter. I know that if I were to find out a
daughter of mine was pregnant at 14, I'd tell her
"Damn right there's a double standard!" Then I'd
get her boyfriend and make sure he never gets
another girl pregnant again.

and I've met
people who weren't emotionally ready in their 20s
or 30s, whereas I was ready at 14.

I sure wasn't. Just out of curiosity, were you raised -
more or less - in an urban environment?

This is me talking, not Secret. Rural actually.
Pine Rdige.