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Originally posted by Retroman
Lowering the age wouldn't make any remote difference to anyone...
Besides possibly resulting in more people having sex, especially the one's who stick to the law strictly or are influenced by the legal age.
Lowering for the individual means nothing.
Lowering to fifteen for the nation = more sex = more pregnancies = more abortions = more STD's.
So overall it seems like a negative thing.
People should have sex if and when they feel it is right, and they will usually do so. Im just speaking from the outlook on the laws affect on the country [which is what it's designed for.]
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I don't think that everyone would agree that lowering the age to 15 would be that bad. Many girls and boys who are at school and feel the need to suddenly have sex behind the bike-shed would welcome that. Of course many 14 & 13 year olds would do the same, as they fall into that same grey area as I mentioned above. So the law wouldn't matter to them.
But if a 70 year old man and a 16 year old school girl fall's in love and have sex constantly, that is not illegal or even paedophelic legally. But if the law was changed and it was reduced to 15, then it would be felt from many that it is rather disgusting. I don't know really the ideal answer to all of this. I guess it is just parents and other people sticking their unwanted noses where it is not wanted. Everyone has their own lives to lead and their own choices to make. Who gives the right for someone to dictate what someone should and shouldn't do in the privacy of your own home if it is legally okay. Busybodies - that's who.
I don't think there would be more pregnancies. I think there would be more sex-education at school and teaching children about the hazards of getting pregnant so early on. 'A condom machine in the coridoor of the school' - can you see that? Anything is indeed possible in the future.