Age of consent lowered?

[REG]

Thats what college is like at the mo
Haveing gone to a all boys school being where my mates all went & a laugh i wanted (& at times i did) i look at the 'women' around the place which may be 20 but looks 16 with it going around the other way
Strange how it goes & so many problems with people's ex lifes at a young age

[SE13]

I still refer to my earlier suggestion. Anyone comment on that?

Meantime, REG, the lass I referred to has had sex openly with blokes older than me, and is quite proud of it. She attempted to get two that I know of prosecuted...... Yep, she's doing it for the money!!

[REG]

Where they get this sort of upbrining is beyond me

[ScottishLass]

I still refer to my earlier suggestion. Anyone comment on that?

Meantime, REG, the lass I referred to has had sex openly with blokes older than me, and is quite proud of it. She attempted to get two that I know of prosecuted...... Yep, she's doing it for the money!!

As you say earlier about the whole 'educate them is the way' theory... I kinda disagree, I was educated and still done it at an early age ( fair enough I was 16 but still ).. Society needs to change for it to stop and with sex becomin more n more a part of life, porn etc being so easily accessable its just gonna get worse, because well lets face it - its great.. I cant see it getting any better unfortunately It seems to me as though the only reason its in place is to have a reason to call disgusting ppl ( guys/women that have sex with youths/children ) a reason to get put away behind bars.. which is fair enough imo

[absolutely_fabregas]

we should copy the dutch. they have it sorted.

watchd a prog bout it once, cant remember the details

in short, they didnt teach sex education, making sex sound bad, dirty and embarassing. which is prob wot most of our sex ed at skool was lol


ps its over before u know ur doin it at that age anyway well it was for me

[Trina]

I still refer to my earlier suggestion. Anyone comment on that?

Meantime, REG, the lass I referred to has had sex openly with blokes older than me, and is quite proud of it. She attempted to get two that I know of prosecuted...... Yep, she's doing it for the money!!

As you say earlier about the whole 'educate them is the way' theory... I kinda disagree, I was educated and still done it at an early age ( fair enough I was 16 but still ).. Society needs to change for it to stop and with sex becomin more n more a part of life, porn etc being so easily accessable its just gonna get worse, because well lets face it - its great.. I cant see it getting any better unfortunately It seems to me as though the only reason its in place is to have a reason to call disgusting ppl ( guys/women that have sex with youths/children ) a reason to get put away behind bars.. which is fair enough imo

I kinda agree with you there. I was also educated at an early age but was still pregnant at 16....I thought it was a good idea at the time Don't get me wrong, I love Shannon to bits...but I would bloody kill her if she got pregnant at that age!

As for nowadays, I dont think it has to do with porn etc, that's always been around, even when I was a kid. Granted, maybe its more accessable now though.

However, I really do think it's because kids are maturing far quicker than they used to do. Both pysically and mentally.

10 years ago, you would rarely find 13 year olds that looked 18, now most of them do.

[REG]

My view in life in the future
The next genration of kids will be tall & bald due to man getting bigger & losing hair from the sciencest part of life lol
I belive in what my friend said & obs this is now includeing homonas

[REG]

BTW Trina how did you cope with a birth at such a young age???

[absolutely_fabregas]

*sits back, with a bag of popcorn*

go on trina, tell us...

[Trina]

BTW Trina how did you cope with a birth at such a young age???

I haven't got a clue to be honest. All I know is it made me grow up pretty sharpish!

I still went to friends, had friends over, went out on the town (thanks to my mam really as she has had Shannon every friday night since she was around 6 months old)

But that was the only break I had which I guess I have always been lucky.

It certainly made me appreciate my mam a lot more.

umm, I don't really know what else you want to know

Regrets? A few...but I have a gorgeous 8 year old daughter that outweighs them.

[REG]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SWEEEEEEET

[Reverend Gooner]

BTW Trina how did you cope with a birth at such a young age???

I haven't got a clue to be honest. All I know is it made me grow up pretty sharpish!

I still went to friends, had friends over, went out on the town (thanks to my mam really as she has had Shannon every friday night since she was around 6 months old)

But that was the only break I had which I guess I have always been lucky.

It certainly made me appreciate my mam a lot more.

umm, I don't really know what else you want to know

Regrets? A few...but I have a gorgeous 8 year old daughter that outweighs them.

I have been reading depressing 9/11 and iraq war articles/threads all day so i am glad to read a happy statement like that. I cannot wait to have kids myself (despite the world i would be bringing them into) and i am glad it has worked out well for you Trina


I started a debate with friends the other day asking "what is more important, the intention or the consequence" (generally speaking) and while most of my friends said the intention is more important, i think this is a topic where the consequence is paramount.

The consequence of lowering the age will undoubtedly be more and younger teenage pregnancies. Trina sounds like a fantastic mum and role model and she has had family support which is great and consequently the outcome is positive. If every teenage pregnancy, whatever the age, was to likely have the same outcome then i may be in favour of it.

However will a definitive majority of teenage parent/s (a) be responsible (b) have a stable family life and (c) have adequate support for the situation. Many will be/have i imagine but such a change will require (imo) a big majority and knowing teenagers today and knowing the family situations of today i do not think under 16's are fit to be parents (as a whole). I would be wroth, if my voice hypothetically counted, to let such a decision pass.

It is hard to keep sex away from young teenagers that is true and some will do it anyway but there are many who will not have sex under 16 because it is illegal or taboo and to lower the legal limit will also bring these teenagers into the mould. I personally think 16 is a sensible age and is not too late in life and therefore think it would be sensible to keep it that way.

[ScottishLass]

I still refer to my earlier suggestion. Anyone comment on that?

Meantime, REG, the lass I referred to has had sex openly with blokes older than me, and is quite proud of it. She attempted to get two that I know of prosecuted...... Yep, she's doing it for the money!!

As you say earlier about the whole 'educate them is the way' theory... I kinda disagree, I was educated and still done it at an early age ( fair enough I was 16 but still ).. Society needs to change for it to stop and with sex becomin more n more a part of life, porn etc being so easily accessable its just gonna get worse, because well lets face it - its great.. I cant see it getting any better unfortunately It seems to me as though the only reason its in place is to have a reason to call disgusting ppl ( guys/women that have sex with youths/children ) a reason to get put away behind bars.. which is fair enough imo

I kinda agree with you there. I was also educated at an early age but was still pregnant at 16....I thought it was a good idea at the time Don't get me wrong, I love Shannon to bits...but I would bloody kill her if she got pregnant at that age!

As for nowadays, I dont think it has to do with porn etc, that's always been around, even when I was a kid. Granted, maybe its more accessable now though.

However, I really do think it's because kids are maturing far quicker than they used to do. Both pysically and mentally.

10 years ago, you would rarely find 13 year olds that looked 18, now most of them do.

I keep forgetting how old im getting.. was about to say that yeah i see what ya mean with the 10 years ago no 13 year olds lookin 18 but but 8 years ago i looked much older than what i was ( was 14 looking about 17-18 ) maybe im just a freak to that theory, but ive definately noticed that as a factor in the past 2 years little girls acting/looking much older than they should..