Underage Dominant

[-angelstar-]

actually i didnt really grasp the like main topic you all are going on about.

but shouldnt we focus more on, who is having sex with who, and how old the parties are, rather then what the legal age to have sex is?

i mean, clearly it is more 'appropriate' if like two teens of say 17 have sex together, then like say a girl of 17 and a guy of say, 40. since in a common sensical way, you wouldnt be saying that the 17 year old guy is a predator as compared to the 40 year old guy..

but then. here's where numbers are arbitrary and paints a wrong picture.

because, it is very possible that the 17 year old is preying on the girl as well. he might not be a stupid immature kid, as what his age leads us to believe.

i dont know, but i think all this 'legal age' that different counties imposes just sets a vauge benchmark, to make the law less arbitrary. but it itself isnt of much use. i mean, see, if your country says that you cannot have sex with a minor and a minor is deemed to be one of 16 years and below.... consider the following scenarios.

1. you have sex when she's just 2 months short of her 16th birthday
2. you have sex when she's just 2 months pass her 16th birthday

it is highly probable that her mental state of mind, and her maturity level would be the same in both scenarios. however, you would only be prosecuted (even if sex was consensual on both occasions) for the first case.

so.... this isnt really deemed justice is it a minor in the eyes of the law, might not really be a minor actually.

[Curtis]

Okay, but even though the ages picked are arbitrary, what's the alternative? Should each judge be allowed to decide what's underage in his own court? And judges are busy, so what's to keep most of them picking their own arbitrary age to speed up court proceedings?

[-angelstar-]

Originally posted by Curtis
Okay, but even though the ages picked are arbitrary, what's the alternative? Should each judge be allowed to decide what's underage in his own court? And judges are busy, so what's to keep most of them picking their own arbitrary age to speed up court proceedings?

no alternative i guess?

i dunno.

but maybe it should be less of a strict liability kinda offence if you have sexual relations with a minor. i'm not exactly sure if you have this same law we have over here though.

cos like sometimes, girls lie about their age to the guy. and the stupid foolish guy, who believes that the girl is of legal age, ends up getting blackmailed by the girl....

and even though it was consensual sex, and the girl knew what she was doing, the law, still stands on her side. so this isnt really fair. but that's life again i guess

[pop_54]

Interesting that you should bring up about girls lying about their age angelstar. There was a case recently around here where an 18 yr old lad was charged with having sex with a 15 yr old girl.

The fact the girl was in a club for over 18's when he picked her up, and that she claimed to be 18 and that she looked 18 when dolled up with makeup and horny clothing made no difference to the case.

Also due to her underage status he was not allowed to even know, let alone use in his defence, the fact that she was already a single mother and had a 1 yr old baby placed in council care. This all came out after the case, but he can't use it in an appeal because it's still privledged information.

The law said he was guilty and he was sentenced to 2 yrs prison suspended for 2 yrs, so he didn't have to do any time, but he's now on the register of child sex offenders for life.

Fair???????? Not in that case I don't think it was, but the law is so inflexible.