I think there’s a lot to be said about the age of the participants. Like, we can’t pretend that teenagers don’t have sex. They do. But they shouldn’t be having sex with people in their twenties. Not because the teenagers are wrong, but because the people in their twenties are wrong for wanting to sleep with teenagers.
That’s why a lot of laws take a view of age of consent that also considered the age gap between the participants.
I think there’s a lot to be said about the age of the participants. Like, we can’t pretend that teenagers don’t have sex. They do. But they shouldn’t be having sex with people in their twenties. Not because the teenagers are wrong, but because the people in their twenties are wrong for wanting to sleep with teenagers.
That’s why a lot of laws take a view of age of consent that also considered the age gap between the participants.
Of course, Romeo and Juliet laws and age gap exceptions and the like are important.