So-called "barely legal" pornography and content depicting sexual relationships between step-relatives are set to be banned amid efforts to regulate intimate image sharing.
It is arbitrary man. We can’t even state that 16 years old is too much or not enough because it depends on the culture. We can’t even use the argument about people teenagers not being 100% cerebrally developed since recent studies proved that we are not until our mid 30s, but I don’t think a 25 years old isn’t able to consent.
Of course. What I’m saying is a clear arbitrary line is more important than the specific morality. After all, in some cultures 16 might be more free of the power dynamics that make it disgusting. Meanwhile, some 19 year olds might be so precarious in their material conditions that their consent to an older partner while “legal” isn’t moral at all.
This is why setting a standard is important. The actual morality of any consent/sexual dynamic is bound up in so much contingency (age, class, culture) that its important to just set an arbitrary line, and people who try to skirt it need to be punished. We can’t (legally) account for all of this so it isn’t about morality it’s about positive law.
It is arbitrary man. We can’t even state that 16 years old is too much or not enough because it depends on the culture. We can’t even use the argument about people teenagers not being 100% cerebrally developed since recent studies proved that we are not until our mid 30s, but I don’t think a 25 years old isn’t able to consent.
Of course. What I’m saying is a clear arbitrary line is more important than the specific morality. After all, in some cultures 16 might be more free of the power dynamics that make it disgusting. Meanwhile, some 19 year olds might be so precarious in their material conditions that their consent to an older partner while “legal” isn’t moral at all.
This is why setting a standard is important. The actual morality of any consent/sexual dynamic is bound up in so much contingency (age, class, culture) that its important to just set an arbitrary line, and people who try to skirt it need to be punished. We can’t (legally) account for all of this so it isn’t about morality it’s about positive law.