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Re: What age do you think children can consent?

Posted by Markaba on 2012-January-12 16:58:03 EST, Thursday
In reply to Re: What age do you think children can consent? posted by Dissident on 2012-January-12 13:23:51 EST, Thursday
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But have you noticed, scarlet cocoagirl, that except in rare instances when adults are mentally challenged in some way (e.g., mental retardation), they are more or less always given the benefit of the doubt simply because of their chronological age if they say they consented and wasn't harmed by a sexual experience?

In the general sense, it isn't always true that just being in the age of majority you are automatically given the benefit of the doubt as to your ability to make informed decisions. We have laws against things like fraud for a reason. These are protections for people who are vulnerable to manipulative a-holes, and that isn't determined by age. The gov't doesn't say to these victims, "Oh well, you knew what you were getting into. Tough luck, buddy." And rape can still be rape even if the victim seemed to consent at the time. Outside of the most brutal examples, rape is one of the hardest crimes to prosecute. This stuff can be very tricky. It's not nearly as simple as just overturning the laws and taboos, and even if that were possible it would not be an automatic indicator that kids were truly better off. Many kids will often go along with expectations, even if they don't agree with or like what is expected of them.

What I want to see is kids fighting on behalf of their own emancipation, and not just a handful of them. When they begin to openly defy cultural expectations en masse, or at least in large numbers, then I will stop worrying about any movement to liberate them. As it stands right now though, I do worry that any liberation won on their behalf would come with a set of expectations from their liberators that kids would be ill prepared to meet. Take that how you will, but I know human nature. We do not give away anything of real value without some expectation of getting something in return.

Markaba

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