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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
People realise our modern Canadian notions of sexual propriety, age appropriateness, consent, etc. are not universal global norms, right? A significant portion of the men in world have sexual mores that would make the chauvinists in Mad Men look progressive. 14 and 15 year old girls are absolutely within the wheelhouse of men in conservative rural parts of the Middle East and Asia (and were in Europe not that long ago). Much of the world is about 50 to 100 years behind Canada when it comes to attitudes about sex, consent, and women's (or boy's) rights.
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What the social customs or laws of another nation allow is irrelevant. This is Canada, not a third world backwater, and there are expectations and laws on how we treat children and women. If that is something that is difficult to accept and follow, then Canadians should not suffer because of it.