FFS people. The world is not the finely tuned binary a lot of you seem to believe... [View all]
18 and 19 year olds have sex. So do 14 year olds.
Whether or not the latter is a good idea is debatable. The two groups having sex together? Considerably more ethically questionable.
Can a 14 year old consent to sex? I guess that depends almost entirely on the individual in question.
Is it a good idea to send 18 or 19 year olds to prison and make them lifetime sex offenders for having consensual sex with a 14 year old?
Hell fucking no. It boggles the mind that anyone would assume otherwise.
If a 17 year old has sex with another minor, it may be regarded as an unwise decision. The 17 year old may even be viewed as predatory in the sense that the situation proved advantageous to his or her desires. But it's not illegal so we'll just let it slide.
God help you if you inevitably get one day older and cross into adulthood. Because then you're a sick fuck who broke the law. And we send sick fucks who break laws to prison where they belong. As we all know, prisons are perfect places for young men and women to learn to be non-violent, emotionally and intellectually mature, contributing members of a reasonable society. 
Have we so regressed as a community that the only viable option/punishment/education we can conjure up is a prison sentence? Are we not satisfied unless at least one person's life is ruined?
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