So anyone who is attracted to someone under 16/18/21 is a paedophile?
Sorry I don’t agree with your definition of paeodophile and neither do all the ethnicities and cultures worldwide outside the USA/UK.
A paedophile is someone who is attracted to pre-pubescents.
Once you reach puberty you’re a cherry ripe for picking.
Just because someone doesn’t stop growing till 21 does not mean 21 should be the age of consent.
My grandpa married my grandma when he was 18 and she was 12-13, I don’t think he was a paedophile.
The Prophet Muhammed (S) consumated his marriage with his wife when she was 9, neither I nor the billions of Muslims worldwide think he was paedophile.
Bigoted Westerners who like to judge everything by their own norms annoy me.
You remind me of the bigoted British goverment who broke the marriages of some Rroma girls under 16 married to slightly older men because it was against British laws and the relationships happened in some state the colonist Brits ruled.
Recently a Rroma girl of 13 married and 14 yr old Rroma boy in London in an arranged marriage but the goverment and newspapers were making it out like it was forced, whereas the girl herself says she consented even though it was arranged, the Rroma have Pakistani/Indian roots too even though they’ve lived in Europe for generations they still look like us, speak a similar language (Rromani) and have similar traditions.
I give a hi 5 to the Rroma lady (the girls mother) who stook up for her cultural norms and said British (Caucasian) values mean nothing to her.
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Cute pic? No?
Some politician dude claimed they’d ‘be scarred for life’, what a joker!! That makes the vast majority of teenagers who have relationships b4 16 r scarred for life.
Nosherwan, you seem to be confusing the issues here. When there is a wedding, its very different than having sexual relations outside of marriage. You have spoken at some length about 13-year-olds being ready to have sex and so they should go ahead and do it if they feel like it. Is this your stance? Marriage is unnecessary, sex feels good so it must be a good thing no matter what age?
I don't think we should be bothered with anyone's age besides Nosherwan made spme good points.
On one side the age of consent is 18 but on the other hand they try their hard to give all kind of sex info through media and education, this is simply stupid or hypocritical.
Why don't they make sex out of wedlock illegal at all? Probably because of these two reasons:
1) Adultry is a biggest sin in all three major religions thus it contradicts their anti-religion agenda.
2) The sex and contraception industry would be in big loss.
^ you may be right but thats not what he is saying. you are talking about eliminating sex ed and making sex out of wedlock illegal. he says there is no corelation btw sex ed and teenage pregnancies, he is proposing lowering age of consent to 13 because its convenient for everyone and 'it happens anyway'. might as well lower the drinking and driving age because that may be happening any way. he is entitled to his opinions and in mine, his thought process has a definite co-relation to his age.
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You only think a 13 year old shouldn't have sex with someone older because your society has conditioned you to think that way, it's in your head just like I think my parents having sex is wronggg is in my head, it doesn't mean it's morally wrong.
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I say start teaching sex education at 12 and let those who want to get on with it at 13.
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Once you reach puberty you're a cherry ripe for picking.
Age** itself** is not a measure of responsibility or maturity. Is that not true?
So many so called 'adults' are completely irresponsible and have children out of wedlock or even through marriage and leave children in miserable psycho-social dilemma. Both men and women but mostly men.
I am sure many of us have met or seen many happy couples who married or started dating at young age, lived together for decades and have grandchildren.
Again, Age **alone **has nothing to do with psychological maturity or responsibility. So when Nosherwan says ripe cherry is the measure then whats the argument? I think he is right in this regard.
Now having out of wedlock sex is something that is arguable.
Coming to topic. The kind of education cited is completely uncalled for. This is something which parents/guardians should deal with not schools or government. Treating everyone with same stick is the biggest flaw in this method.
Parents/guardians freedom (when and how) must be respected in my opinion.
