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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
By that reasoning, should we tolerate 18 year olds (or 16 year olds) sleeping with one another? If the justification is that they haven't fully developed psychologically yet and are prone to make unwise choices, then they're likely to make unwise choices with people their own age too.
At what age do we treat people as adults? And why are disparities in ages (assuming we're talking adults) more morally reprehensible than disparities in wealth, intelligence, attractiveness, or any of the other ways two people can differ?
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That’s entirely beside the point I was making. The fact is that there’s a large disparity between 40 and 18. Age of consent is 16, so by all means, love who you love, but it’s odd (funny) that there’s a marked difference in the way we view a 40 year old who sleeps with an 18 year old or a 16 year old. Some countries have the consent higher, some lower.
The point I was making is that 16 and 18 aren’t different enough to explain why more people view one as high-five worthy and one as creepy. Similar to how statuatory rape of young men by female teachers is viewed differently by many than young women by male teachers.