SEX!!

Underage sex has gotten a lot of publicity lately, namely, from the dateline specials “To Catch a Predator” and the recent Florida senator scandal. From what I understand, the legal age to consent to have sex varies from state to state. What is the criteria being used to determine these ages and why and how can it vary? The truth of the matter is that there is no criteria being used and it is simply a group of elected officials creating an arbitrary age at which an individual is able to determine whether they should or should not have sex.

To further complicate things, some states make same-sex sex illegal while other states allow same-sex sex at an age different from that of opposite-sex sex. For example, there are thirteen states that outlaw same-sex sex. Of the states that allow same-sex sex, the age varies greatly. In New Mexico same-sex sex is permissable at age 13 while opposite-sex sexual partners must wait until they are 17! What makes a homosexual more competent at making sexual decisions than a heterosexual?

This same logic, or lack thereof, can be found worldwide. In Serbia, male-to-male sex is legally allowed at age 18, female-to-female sex is legally allowed at age 14, and male-to-female sex is legally allowed at age 14. South Korea allows sex at age 13. In Saudia Arabia as well as Iran one must be married and seeing how same sex marriage is illegal makes same-sex sex also illegal. Heterosexual sex in Mexico is legally allowed at age 12 while in Tunisia one must be 20.

Is one person from one country more capable of making sexual decisions than a person from another country, or a person from one state than one from another? Such ridiculous, arbitrarily created laws must be repealed and objective criteria used.

(all statistics provided by http://www.ageofconsent.com/ageofconsent.htm)

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