So-called ''Romeo and Juliet'' laws are a terrible idea. Here's why:
So-called ''Romeo and Juliet'' laws are a terrible idea. Here's why:
This would seem to indicate that we've seen a MASSIVE increase in slut-shaming over the last 20 years.
That coincides with the dramatic and unexplained decrease in the amount of sex young people are having.
Minors can't consent? and what about bodily autonomy? (updated)
https://tube.xy-space.de/videos/watch/996427b9-6574-4608-92e2-72a222180983
This 30-year-old study showed that about 3% of young women aged 15-17 had sexual partners 6 or more years older.
Speculating on why so few might make sense. Only 3%. That's practically none. There are more lesbians among them than that.
Everyone should watch this video.
(btw: her "crime" harmed *no one*)
#AgeOfConsent #AgeOfConsentLaws #rights #Ephebophilia #Teens #Teenagers #TeenSex #StopTheHysteria
Why #ScienceDenial?
If teenagers are adults they should be given full bodily autonomy. If given full bodily autonomy they might do something sexual that we don't want them doing. So let's deny science, pretend they are children, and use laws and stigma to control their sex lives.
If American age of consent laws were strictly enforced, at least a quarter of all Americans would be sex offenders by the time they turned 20.
Ephebophilia doesn't exist.
There is literally zero scientific evidence to support that ridiculous concept.
Everyone's Wild About Grooming
but the currently popular ideas around it are total nonsense
Let's stop infantilizing teenagers
This would seem to indicate that we've seen a MASSIVE increase in slut-shaming over the last 20 years.
That coincides with the dramatic and unexplained decrease in the amount of sex young people are having.
In New York and Illinois for example two 16-year-olds having sex can both be prosecuted each for the rape of the other. And get put on the sex offender registry.
Here's an Illinois lawyer explaining...
Our Laws Are Not OK
In New York and Illinois for example two consenting 16-year-olds having sex can both be prosecuted each for the rape of the other. And get put on the sex offender registry. Here's an Illinois lawyer explaining...
This 28-year-old study showed that about 3% of young women aged 15-17 had sexual partners 6 or more years older.
Speculating on why so few might make sense. Only 3%. That's practically none. There are more lesbians among them than that.
This would seem to indicate that we've seen a MASSIVE increase in slut-shaming over the last 20 years.
That coincides with the dramatic and unexplained decrease in the amount of sex young people are having.
So-called ''Romeo and Juliet'' laws are a terrible idea. Here's why:
Everyone should watch this video.
(btw: her "crime" harmed *no one*)
Why #ScienceDenial?
If teenagers are adults they should be given full bodily autonomy. If given full bodily autonomy they might do something sexual that we don't want them doing. So let's deny science, pretend they are children, and use laws and stigma to control their sex lives.
If American age of consent laws were strictly enforced, at least a quarter of all Americans would be sex offenders by the time they turned 20.
Ephebophilia doesn't exist.
There is literally zero scientific evidence to support that ridiculous concept.
Everyone's Wild About Grooming
but the currently popular ideas around it are total nonsense
Let's stop infantilizing teenagers