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Ok guys i dont know if this thread should be in here but this forum is where people come for help most of the time is it not? If a 14/15 year old asks a question about sex maybe help them out rather than posting "your not legally old enough to be having sex" because it does'nt help them in any way. Do you really think people will stop having sex under the age of 16 because someone told them their too young over the internet? Im sure they know they are too young in the first place but if they are looking for help why not answer their question? :banghead:
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Ballerina
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if you really are 13/14 you shouldn't really be having sex anyway....
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Fourteen year olds aren't supposed to feel "sexy."
As you said here they do get help here and their questions are always answered....
not picking on you at all but how do these to posts answer the girls question?
Although, I think any girl should be allowed to "feel" sexy. However,if it's kids we're talking about they shouldn't really be dressed as an 18 year old would dress, say.
I suppose if their opinion was backed with a reason why you should'nt be so sexually active at 14 and the paths it could lead to thered be nothing wrong with that but what is the point in people saying "sex before 16 isnt legal so dont do it"
Then take it up with the mods or something if you have a complaint fs :rolleyes:
At the end of the day people are going to say what they want, and as long as it isn't offensive or in txt tlk then noone has a problem. Except you, for some bloody reason.
Also, your sexual knowledge at that age...whether you really know what you should be looking out for in terms of contraception and such...isn't gonna be as well built up. I went through the sex-ed thing properly when I was 15/16...before then, I came here to learn what I know so I'm a little more boned up on the relevant info.
Mentally - being in a relationship when you're younger, can feel incredibly intense. With all the other changes going on in your life, doesn't adding sex to the equation take it out of a teenage fling as you're engaging in more adult activities and a lot more is at stake.
People of all ages should come here for advice, but it should always be outlined in an appropriate way, that there are legal technicalities. That is advice as well...yeah it comes in the forms of opinions, but still - it's always gonna be relevant and so people shouldn't hold back. The person should also recieve advice, but they'll be repoccusions in some instances. If a person who is underage, is asking really 'big' questions in terms of sex, which should be known before engaging in it...then maybe they're not in the know enough to handle it.
The people who post here are just that, people, not advice machines. If they have an opinion on under-age sex then they are free to express it.
In almost every case the questions get answered as well. Maybe some people think that it is the right thing to point stuff out, hmm?
Questions are answered. The answer is "you are too young". Deal with it.
Actually im 15....well personally it think it's good another minor is advising them not to instead of egging them on. I just think about 95% of people who do it underage regret it, and that they rushed....only trying to help.
the majority of us do realise that people are individuals and will do what they want, same as the people who post should realise by posting their queries you are subjecting yourself to other peoples oppinions, as well as advice.
I agree entirely with this. I rarely do more than read in this forum, but there are an awful lot of underage people, and advising them about the law is as much a part of answering the question as what they are looking for. Especially when it is an "am I ready" or "am I too young?" question.
As true as that may be, it doesn't change the fact that underage people do have sex and whilst they are very much unlikely to start asking their parents for advice, and are equally unlikely to call a helpline/see a Family Planning clinic unless something is very serious, they can get info and advice from their peers as such, which might stop them from doing something stupid.
What magically happens on a teenagers 16th birthday, one day she's a child, the next she's an adult, thats rubbish, girls mature at different rates, the law doesn't help anyone and doesn't protect anyone by saying you can have sex on your 16th birthday but not one day before, all it does is allienates people from the law and makes a mockery of the legal system.
Let's say a 15 year old girl is in a relationship with a guy, she doesn't feel ready for sex and uses the law as an excuse for not having sex, she turns 16 and she can't use that excuse anymore.
Underage girls have sex for a number of reasons, sometimes they make a decision based on a good level of maturity, they have found a guy who is right for them ( it does happen), and they both decide they don't want to wait.
Sometimes girls are pressurised into sex, either by peer pressure or by their boyfriend, now the law isn't much of a deterant to these girls having sex, wouldn't you agree that a better approach would be to empower these young women, show them that they own their own bodies, they have the right to say no.
Explain that they have choices, talk more about relationships, a lot of young people don't have the stability of a family home, they need to learn about relationships, but where are they getting the advice from.
And guys need to take responsibility as well, they need to know it's not big and cleaver to use pressure to get sex.
Having said all that, I have no problem with a 14/15 year old girl having a sexual relationship if she is mature enough and it's her decision.
If you use the law to stop people having sex, you give them contempt for the law, in the same way as if you fine people for being slightly over the limit on a clear motorway.
Talk to teenagers don't threaten them with the law.
At last! Someone I can agree with. I still find that even if I post something completely irrelevant to my age on the sex boards, it still seems to be dug up in a couple of replies.
I know that a lot of people here say that they didn't feel ready at that age, or that they didn't know about contraception, sex ed etc... but times change.. not every 14/15 year old has the same amount of knowledge
:rolleyes:
I'd say the Dutch were more mature about sex, and they can have sex much younger.
There was a girl on here a few days ago- she could have sex in the state she was in, but not in the one two doors down. Does she suddenly regress when she crosses the border?
The age of consent is merely a guideline.
It is important to point out the legality of their actions though. Breaking the law can have consequences that shouldn't be ignored.
Agree with you, the law is an ass.
What does the law do :
It turns hundreds of thousands of normal law abiding teenagers into lawbreakers.
It creates a situation where many teenagers who feel they want to confide in family or adult friends about their relationship, can't for fear that the relationship will be reported to the police.
It doesn't do a thing to protect vulnerable teenagers, who are more concerned by peer pressure.
I've no evidence for this last statement but seems plausable, by breaking a law that the teenager feels is unjust, it is then potentially easier to break other rules and laws.
I hope you noticed I was very carefull how I worded that statement, but re-reading it, I could have worded it a bit more carefully.
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So you think that there's no point in having an age of consent then? How would you deal with, for example, paedophiles?
I very much doubt that the age of consent law is, in the larger sense, designed or used to stop two consenting people from having sex.
This I find is largely just the same sort of scaremongering nonsense of the Daily Mail type that would be used in an argument such as that canabis in the start of a slippery slope of drugs, or such like.
I do not believe that if someone has under-age sex they become more likely to break other, non-related, laws.
Nothing magically happens, other than it becoming legal. But if someone is 15 and mature, then they should be able to make an informed decision. But if someone is 13, they are hardly likely to be physically and mentlly mature enough to make that decision. Which is why it gets pointed out to people.
There was an interesting piece in the Daily Mail today, about an arsonist who as part of an ASBO order had been prevented from carrying matches or a lighter around with her, lawyers argued that a ban was against her human rights as this would prevent her from smoking, the lawyers won, so she can carry around matches or a lighter.
Now couldn't a 15 year old girl claim that her human rights are being infringed by not being able to have sex.
Do paedophile's think to themselves, "I'm going to be breaking the law if I abuse this 8 year old girl, I will wait untill she's 16. The same law that protects women over 16 can be used to protect girls under 16, if a person has sex or molests any girl/woman without her consent, then they can be charged under the rape laws.
Now I think it's ok to say that a girl of 13 and under is incapable of giving concent, but then you have a grey area, are you saying that a normal girl of 14 or 15 is incapable of understanding what sex is, is incapable of making an informed decision, of giving or witholding her concent.
No person under the age of 16 is thought capable of concenting to sex, thats why the law is there, and if I was 17 and had a 15 year old girlfriend, ( nothing unusual in that), as the law stands right now, if we had sex I could find myself placed on the sex offenders register and facing a prison sentence.
Now often the police turn a blind eye to underage sex, but thats a double edged sword, because on the one hand your saying it's against the law to have sex if your under 16, but then again your saying "yes your breaking the law but we will look the other way", thats a good example to set isn't it.
I hope reading the Daily Mail doesn't prevent me from posting on these forums :nervous: , I think there are enough studies that show evidence that some people can became addicted to cannabis and that it can lead to potentially serious physical and psycological problems.
In an ideal world, teenagers wouldn't start having sex until they were in stable relationships,I'm a christian and I believe that ideally marrage and sex go together, but I'm not going to preach about that, thats my view.
Studies have shown that a lot of girls having sex early regret doing this, I'd like to see girls empowered, given choices, shown how to say no, but treated like adults, if you try treating a 14 year old girl like a child what do you get ?.
Teenagers who have been taught to drink sensibly from an early age,tend not to binge drink and suffer less from alcohol related problems than teenagers who have been not been taught about alcohol.
The same way if you explain the choices about sex and empower teenagers, they tend not to have sex at a young age and have fewer sexual partners.
Treat 14/15 year olds as adults, treat them with respect then they will learn to respect their own bodies, don't try to use the law as a kop out, because it doesn't work.
And if a 14 year old girl says, I understand I have the right to say no, but this is my body and I feel ready to have sex with my partner, then who has the right to say she shouldn't.
16 is ideal, I wasnt ready till 18 but im glad the law is 16, makes me feel more ready knowing I havent just had sex just because I can legally.
What right have a group of mainly old men who sit in parliment to decide in who can and can't have sex.