This says age of consent is 16 and that DC has no close-in-age exemptions. Although, if Ruth Bader Ginsberg had her way the age of consent nationally would be 12!
I said 14 is the age of consent 'here', that is, where I live. At that age a person is an adult, as far as I'm concerned. I am concerned more with stopping real pedophiles from raping actual children (like six-year-olds for example); I am less concerned about people having sexual relationships with 14 year olds (i.e. young adults), except when such relationships are involuntary or exploitative. That the age of consent is higher where you come from is irrelevant to the moral status of the activity in question.
And I use 'exploitative' in the true, unambiguous sense of the word, not in any neo-marxist, social justice warrior sense. All exploitation, molestation, rape, and paedophilia must be opposed; but to oppose these things we don't have to lump people who rape toddlers into the same category as people who have voluntary relationships with consenting (if young) adults.
Until it's your little daughter/sister/niece etc? This is flawed logic. Children are children. And 14 is still part of that category. Having sex with a 14 year old is exploitative; any consent can only be viewed as coercive.
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zagreos ago
Hmm, 14 is the age of consent here. So I tip my hat to this cop, if the relationship was consensual.
cult_of_philanthropy ago
What's your source for 14 being the age of consent in DC. From what I just reseacrhed it's 16.
https://www.age-of-consent.info/states/District_of_Columbia
This says age of consent is 16 and that DC has no close-in-age exemptions. Although, if Ruth Bader Ginsberg had her way the age of consent nationally would be 12!
zagreos ago
I said 14 is the age of consent 'here', that is, where I live. At that age a person is an adult, as far as I'm concerned. I am concerned more with stopping real pedophiles from raping actual children (like six-year-olds for example); I am less concerned about people having sexual relationships with 14 year olds (i.e. young adults), except when such relationships are involuntary or exploitative. That the age of consent is higher where you come from is irrelevant to the moral status of the activity in question.
And I use 'exploitative' in the true, unambiguous sense of the word, not in any neo-marxist, social justice warrior sense. All exploitation, molestation, rape, and paedophilia must be opposed; but to oppose these things we don't have to lump people who rape toddlers into the same category as people who have voluntary relationships with consenting (if young) adults.
DerivaUK ago
Until it's your little daughter/sister/niece etc? This is flawed logic. Children are children. And 14 is still part of that category. Having sex with a 14 year old is exploitative; any consent can only be viewed as coercive.