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Mr. Tea
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That could well have something in it.
If any compartison may be drawn to alcohol, I think the higher the legal age is set for drinking, the longer it takes for people to develop a mature relationship to alcohol. I mean, kids in France practically go from breast milk to wine (in small quantities, and under supervision) and they have nothing like the levels of problem binge drinking we have in the UK. And the age limit of 21 in the US just flabberghasts me.
Returning to the age of consent, yes, people mature at different rates - there are fifty-year-olds who can't make a mature decision about anything, and there are 14-year-olds who are incredibly sensible and grown up. Of you're legislating, you have to draw the line somewhere.
If any compartison may be drawn to alcohol, I think the higher the legal age is set for drinking, the longer it takes for people to develop a mature relationship to alcohol. I mean, kids in France practically go from breast milk to wine (in small quantities, and under supervision) and they have nothing like the levels of problem binge drinking we have in the UK. And the age limit of 21 in the US just flabberghasts me.
Returning to the age of consent, yes, people mature at different rates - there are fifty-year-olds who can't make a mature decision about anything, and there are 14-year-olds who are incredibly sensible and grown up. Of you're legislating, you have to draw the line somewhere.
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nomadologist
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Have Brits heard of Mary Kay Letourneau? It was a big deal over here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Kay_Letourneau
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preppy-kei
OMFG, they made a TV movie about it.
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nomadologist
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oh yes! and i watched every minute of it on Lifetime TV a few years ago. landmark performances
Guybrush
Dittohead
Hotness.
This notion has been confuted by many studies, though. To simplify the findings a bit, most experts agree on that the later in life you are exposed to alcohol, the less the risk of your becoming an alcoholic.
I’m all for high age limits, especially when it comes to voting. Didn’t some country recently lower the age limit for voting to 16 or something? Ridiculous.
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preppy-kei
Gordon Brown has said (I still don't think of him as Prime Minister, it's weird isn't it?) that he may consider lowering the voting age. Probably because younger voters tend not to vote Tory.
rockypoppy2
wtf?
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nomadologist
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yeah, what a riveting "argument"
Guybrush
Dittohead
You can’t have your Kate and Edith too.
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nomadologist
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Guybrush, I always think it might be best that the law is in place when it's needed to protect some 18-year-old who was harmed in some way, but it's silly if it's acted upon otherwise. I'm sure in scandanavia people are a little less hysterical about things in general--I always get the impression that laws are less "acted upon" in Europe.
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nomadologist
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i was thinking about statuatory rape laws, but the same applies for drinking age minimums...
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nomadologist
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nice thanks (21?? in madagascar? are they catholic?)
Guybrush
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I don’t see why you would think of it as ‘pathological’, but to answer your question: the cut-off age is whenever the object of desire has reached puberty. So if we were to use this terminology (which some object to) desire for a 9-year-old would be considered paedophilia and desire for a 17-year-old would be considered hebephilia.
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nomadologist
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hebephilia is considered at least potentially pathological by psychologists