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maturity? [message #2050]

Fri, 12 April 2002 18:06

brian

Toe is in the water

Registered: January 1970
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I discussed age of cosent with a BL friend of mine and the two of us had very different opinions about it. The question he raised was, how come kids aged nine or ten are old enough to be testimonees (sp?) in court when it comes to saying something against their parents and actually to take a stand (they are obviously mature enough to understand that), but 12year olds are supposedly not mature enough to decide whether they want to have sex with someone.

As I said, we discussed the whole AoC thing for a while (it is a big topic over and over again on the BL boards) and yes, this is about the sexual aspect of boylove which also does exist. It is not about going out and raping kids, but about...how come people take the right to decide for kids in aspects of sexuality when th eylet hte kids decide alone in other aspects of life? Where is the difference?: 1. you tell a kid to go to court and say that his mother is drunk of her ass all the time and his daddy is having sex with a different woman every night. the kids testifies that and ends up in some new family. decision for life. 2. you give a kid the chance to decide whether he/she wants to have sex with someone or not. might be decision for life

As I said, that's not my logic applied here. I discussed the issue from another point. But my friend's point was, do adults have the right to make that decsion for kids who are perfectly mature enough when it's about other aspects of life?

thoughts on this?

love,
brian

		maturity? By: brian on Fri, 12 April 2002 18:06
		Re: maturity? By: Michael Simon on Fri, 12 April 2002 20:41
		Good questions, Brian, and I agree with where you're headed!! By: david in hong kong on Fri, 12 April 2002 21:50
		I am against this argument, but not the discussion By: tim on Fri, 12 April 2002 22:10
		Her in Texas the age to decide where to live is... By: charlie on Sat, 13 April 2002 00:26
		Agreed. By: trevor on Sat, 13 April 2002 02:41
		Kid are, by definition, kids By: Guest on Sat, 13 April 2002 01:30
		Glad you asked! By: trevor on Sat, 13 April 2002 02:34
		Re: Glad you asked! By: david in hong kong on Sat, 13 April 2002 04:14
		Thanks! By: trevor on Sat, 13 April 2002 05:46
		Another POV... By: lenny on Sat, 13 April 2002 10:56
		I think recreational sex is to soothe the hormones By: charlie on Sat, 13 April 2002 13:12
		you can whack your own pee-pee! By: tim on Sat, 13 April 2002 13:49
		And I thought you liked me! By: charlie on Sun, 14 April 2002 15:55

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