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Under age sex
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Do you think that the legal age of sex (homosexual and hetrasexual) should be lowered in any way, or mabye even hired?
And also should there be stricter punishment for those caught?
Last question, should under age sex even happen? Is there an idea in modern life that virginity is a 'bad and evil' thing?
BaRt
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And also should there be stricter punishment for those caught?
Last question, should under age sex even happen? Is there an idea in modern life that virginity is a 'bad and evil' thing?
BaRt
Live Life On The Edge!
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And also the law states that a boy may be prosecuted for under age sex, but then gos on to say nothing about girls!
BaRt
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I don't think that Broken Heart considered that aspect when he made his post. I think i's important to have laws relating to age, but my views have changed as I have got older. I would heve given a different response when I was 16.
IMHO there would be even more problems with teen pregnancies if the law was dropped, but I agree that better sex education has to be a priority.
j9
Sorry I think I worded that pretty badly!Obviously I think there should be a law for paedophiles having sex with 15 year olds! What I mean't was that alot of people have their first experience under the age of 16! It is stupid though because if a guy who is 17 has sex with a 15 year old it is him who will get in trouble NOT the girl. shouldn't it be both cause the girl is underage!
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I agree, why should the girl get off scot free, especially as alot of the time she's probably led him on, and what if she's told him that she's over 16!!
Do you mean if the legal age was lowered? Or if the law was dropped altogether i.e. scrapped?
All-the-same, I'm suprised everyone has failed to bring up the fact that Holland has an Age of Consent of 12, and has the lowest teen pregancy rate in Europe. That compares to us with an AOC of 16 and the highest teen pregnancy rate in Europe.
I recognise the problem with peadophiles, and that, of course, has to be taken very seriously. But in all other cases I fail to understand how law makers arrive at the number 16 like that. Why 16? And do they think that people aged 15 years 364 days will not have sexual feelings, only for the feelings to "switch on" one day later?
People are going to experiment at a younger and younger age. Pubity is occuring earlier and earlier. I assume sexual feelings are coming earlier and earlier too. I certainly remember how I felt at age nine. Er, I mean 14!
There is no hope of stopping a proportion of people having sex below the age of 16 if they are horny: "I was 15 and I don't regret it at all. I was totally ready." - Chica.
That suggests to me that the best thing to do is educate. Dutch under-16s carry condoms like England's under-16s carry cigarettes.
Apparently there is also nothing like the peer pressure over there that there is here. Whether that is to do with the fact that sexually active under-16s are not doing anything wrong over there or not, who knows. Seems plausible though. You're cool if you break the rules, right?
Harry is very definitely on the boat.
Here goes anyway. I think that 16 is the age they chose over here because they think that its the averag age for when people are mature enough to make a decison like having sex and that it is the age most people are when they have finished or are more or less over puberty, and are able to deal with the consequences if they got pregnant.
Personally though I knew what I wanted before that age and do class myself as quite mature for my age. I think that everyone is different.
This is true up to a point, but IMO men even only a year older have a big advantage in terms of seducing women compared with people their own age. Most blokes I know are aware of this, and I've seen a lot take advantage of this for a quick snog or shag.
A lot of the time 17 year old blokes do go out with 15 year old girls because relatively they're easy. If the bloke is unconfident about girls his age then fair enough, but that's normally not the case; they're taking advantage.
That's not to say I think it's always the case, but I think it is a lot of the time. Plus, the younger you are, the more vulnerable and likely to make mistakes you are. I think a 17 year old should always be considered to hold more of the responsibility/blame because in general they should know better. It's not like one 22 year old leading another 22 year old on and having sex with someone then getting pregnant or whatever - that's equal blame.
Chica-chick, I'm sure you do know people like that. What i'm saying though is that they still did it. It may be a source of regret now, but at the time, they were horny, man! And grown-ups/law makers telling them that they shouldn't do it, or they are too young is the last thing that is going to make them change their mind.
Come on, most of us were rebelious at that age to the extent that we would do things we were advised not to because we thought we knew it all. "What do they know? Of course I'm old enough. I know what's best for me!"
Harry is very definitely on the boat.
That's one of the things I was trying to imply with my previous over-bloated post.
Good point. Didn't think consider that. Guess not so many blokes have to deal with that problem. If they'd call it a problem that is. Hehe.
Harry is very definitely on the boat.
yeah i agree
However in fact I believe we need a rather more complex law. The age of consent should be raised to eighteen for having sex with someone who is not your own age. If you are the same age as the other person, as long as neither individual coerces the other into having sex, then you should be able to have sex with your peers when you feel ready.
I believe under age sex is only a problem when you have an explotative power relationship. This is why I believe progressive legislation would combine liberalisation with protection from paedophiles/ sexual abuse (exploiting power).
I would not deny that some people may feel ready let's say at 15 to have sex with someone who is 17, but it is impossibly difficult for law makers to get into drawing arbitrary lines defining when someone has mentally 'matured' or not. Even with what I propose there is this arbitrary line of 18 after which I propose people should be deemed able to consent to have sex with someone older than them. Why this age? Well I think we should have a society where young people are given access to education until at least this age and that if we deem them old enough to vote at this age, and set up home independently of their family then we should also have equipped them with the skills to avoid exploitation by someone older than them. Of course the reality is that most of us get exploited in some way or another, but I suspect by this age - with a liberal education - the coping mechanisms will be fairly well developed.
Andrew
Do you do it (sic) by school year (where most people make friends with people 'their age') where people may be nearly a year apart or by straight-forward age (where people may conversely be in different school years). I mean, school years tend to determine maturity slightly more than age (both are pretty tenuous), yet two people in different years may be only days or weeks apart in age.
So this gets complicated as well. I think in general it would end up being down to the discretion of all involved (parents, teachers, social services, police etc.) in terms of enforcing this. But it already is! In general, if people feel a minor has been abused they will act on it at the moment.
I think maybe the biggest difference in practice between what we have at the moment and what you propse is that the 'age of consent', at which legally you are responsible for your own sexual behaviour would be higher, 18.
I actually think this would be a good thing. People would still have sex at 14,15,16,17 etc... if they are doing it of their own free will with people 'suitable' (i.e. reasonably close to their age and not abusive) noone will do anything. However, 16 and 17 year olds are often still very vulnerable to predatory men and with a higher age of consent there would be a firmer legal basis to protect people.
Always nice to hear someone agrees. <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/smile.gif">
It is exactly because of this 'vulnerability' you describe that the age of consent should go up. Personally I can not accept the basis for a sexual relationship between someone of 16 and 50 (for example) which ever sex/sexuality they are. The 'power relations' are just too dubious.
Andrew
What I believe is crucial is very liberal sex education. I would agree that the government's present efforts r a waste of time. Promotion of this web site would be a better idea.
I was fortunate that in my primary school (age 8-13) we had extremely frank discussions with staff where _absolutely_ everything we could ever want to know was answered. And the headmaster took the lead. My parents have also always had a fairly liberal approach.
This meant when kids were ready, they had the knowledge they needed and were far less likely to feel peer pressure.
Nice to see someone from somewhere so different <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/smile.gif">. I think that the UAE takes a very different approach to this kind of thing... we're probably a bit blunt compared to what you're used to? Sorry if you find it a bit much.
You don't have to apologise for your views, don't worry. In fact, what you're saying is not as far away from what many people have already being saying here as you might think. I totally agree that one should wait until you are totally ready and mature enough, mentally and emotionally, and I think most people here do as well.
I think the differences come from the way our societies are structured and the resulting different beliefs. For one thing, I don't think many people on this site have much faith in the majority of parents making the correct decision: some are overprotective, and some don't protect their children enough. That is mainly why laws around the status of children/young adults are in place... so that the system can provide a little protection where the parents may fail.
As far as sex education goes, there are a lot of different approaches in European countries to look at and compare, and the end result seems to be that young people in countries with more sex education are more responsible and more sensible about sex: there are less teenage pregancies in countries such as Holland where the age of consent is far lower.
I'm sorry, I do tend to go on a bit don't I. It's partly because it's very late over here (or rather early in the morning <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/smile.gif"> ).
It would be nice to hear more of your views about this.