Sixteen will get you twenty used to be the way my generation was taught to stay away from prospective Lolitas. Now some say universal contraception (some teen moms missed the memo) and society's obsession with sex (see Miley) call for a lowering of the age of consent...That's the magic age society has said its OK to deem a bad touch a good touch. It's 17 in NY.
I remember year's ago a 14 year old who got a marriage license to wed her 21 year old man. In defense of marriage, the certificate said she could consent three years earlier. Actually the Family Court Judge said it was OK , so who was I to say otherwise ?
Today's courting rituals are different. The other day at Council we were discussing hours at Thompson Park and I ask if anyone still goes parking anymore. No one seemed to know what I was talking about so I assumed the answer is no and all that making out and fornicating goes on at home now. Good thing no one used a really archaic term like "petting".
Some public health people are proposing lowering the age of consent. A practical acknowledgment that the social mores don't apply anymore ?
Drinking is 21. Smoking soon will be 21. But some people think lower the OK age for sex is fine, even though the consequences are more long lasting.
Age Of Consent: No 10 Rejects Calls To Change
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