Do you understand that the hormonal process of puberty accounts for only 25% of all brain development that happens in adolescence?
The amygdala is most active in adolescence for females, causing more intense emotional reactions. While the PFC is not fully developed until about age 21 in females-meaning that complex thinking, impulse contr…
Do you understand that the hormonal process of puberty accounts for only 25% of all brain development that happens in adolescence?
The amygdala is most active in adolescence for females, causing more intense emotional reactions. While the PFC is not fully developed until about age 21 in females-meaning that complex thinking, impulse control, and planning are challenges throughout female teenagehood. On the flip side, the social brain is highly developed which gives ignorant males the idea that adolescent females are grown ups.
THESE ARE FUCKING CHILDREN. Don't twist science to justify your compulsions. Answer this, Adult men discussing the sexuality of teenage females-why does this concern you? Why is this the hill you're willing to die on?
I'm guessing your answer says more about you then you'd hope.
Men's minds are currently considered fully developed at age 26.
I said to card or walk walk away if in any doubt, and that I walked away from a 22-year old who seemed too young for me.
Females tend to mature faster physically and mentally, some look like adults, know it, and take advantage of it.
You can't accept science for the female and deny it for the male. Don't cut science in half to try to make an argument when including both halves is more relevant.
This concerns me because it should concern everyone. Young women tend to overestimate their maturity and get taken advantage of, and sometimes they ruin a young man's life.
The statute of limitations in NY is 17. If anything went sideways, the teens might end up pregnant--a couple did by dating other teens--but the man is going to prison and/or may be marked the rest of his life.
Did you know that the number of years between the victim and the perpetrator is also taken into account? E.g: the seriousness of the consequences vary based on how large the age gap is.
This is because of the different stages of psychosocial development in adolescence. These laws are written to protect the underaged children because they can be easily manipulated into sexual relationships by older humans who have more developed executive functioning skills.
Instead of debating the importance of laws to protect the consent of children, maybe we can encourage people to ask the age of those they want to have sex with before they actually have sex.
I’ve been fooled by teens as far as appearance, but anyone in their 20s or early 30s I no longer feel comfortable with. As a teen, I liked teens who looked like adults or actual women. For men and women who are after prepubescent children, they will lie, but there are psychological tests to confirm a person’s implicit preferences. Unfortunately these tests are typically administered after the fact. It’s a mess, you probably noticed the comments are mangled under that article, and there is disagreement and confusion. For now, all I can say is to card or walk away if in any doubt, and that young men and women should be honest about how old they are. Thank you for the civil conversation, have a good night.
The article this was based on discusses teenage girls in my high school who were taken for granted as adults. Parents assumed they were teachers. A few of them were dating grown men by the time they were 15.
My argument is that the law is there to protect everyone, and like a lot of our laws, is arbitrary. If you ask men and women to wait until they’re 26 and 21 or 22 respectively--and some countries do have laws like this, where the age of consent for women is younger by about 4 years and starts around 18 or older--even if you could get people to wait that long, there’s evidence that forming relationships and having sex are a part of the developmental process, or that if you wait too long, you’ll have trouble forming healthy relationships later in life. Some countries have younger ages of consent, but the laws are more nuanced. For now, we have what we have, depending on which state or country you live in.
Do you understand that the hormonal process of puberty accounts for only 25% of all brain development that happens in adolescence?
The amygdala is most active in adolescence for females, causing more intense emotional reactions. While the PFC is not fully developed until about age 21 in females-meaning that complex thinking, impulse control, and planning are challenges throughout female teenagehood. On the flip side, the social brain is highly developed which gives ignorant males the idea that adolescent females are grown ups.
THESE ARE FUCKING CHILDREN. Don't twist science to justify your compulsions. Answer this, Adult men discussing the sexuality of teenage females-why does this concern you? Why is this the hill you're willing to die on?
I'm guessing your answer says more about you then you'd hope.
Men's minds are currently considered fully developed at age 26.
I said to card or walk walk away if in any doubt, and that I walked away from a 22-year old who seemed too young for me.
Females tend to mature faster physically and mentally, some look like adults, know it, and take advantage of it.
You can't accept science for the female and deny it for the male. Don't cut science in half to try to make an argument when including both halves is more relevant.
This concerns me because it should concern everyone. Young women tend to overestimate their maturity and get taken advantage of, and sometimes they ruin a young man's life.
How exactly do they sometimes ruin a young man's life? Can you explain that further so I understand your argument.
The statute of limitations in NY is 17. If anything went sideways, the teens might end up pregnant--a couple did by dating other teens--but the man is going to prison and/or may be marked the rest of his life.
Did you know that the number of years between the victim and the perpetrator is also taken into account? E.g: the seriousness of the consequences vary based on how large the age gap is.
This is because of the different stages of psychosocial development in adolescence. These laws are written to protect the underaged children because they can be easily manipulated into sexual relationships by older humans who have more developed executive functioning skills.
Instead of debating the importance of laws to protect the consent of children, maybe we can encourage people to ask the age of those they want to have sex with before they actually have sex.
I’ve been fooled by teens as far as appearance, but anyone in their 20s or early 30s I no longer feel comfortable with. As a teen, I liked teens who looked like adults or actual women. For men and women who are after prepubescent children, they will lie, but there are psychological tests to confirm a person’s implicit preferences. Unfortunately these tests are typically administered after the fact. It’s a mess, you probably noticed the comments are mangled under that article, and there is disagreement and confusion. For now, all I can say is to card or walk away if in any doubt, and that young men and women should be honest about how old they are. Thank you for the civil conversation, have a good night.
The article this was based on discusses teenage girls in my high school who were taken for granted as adults. Parents assumed they were teachers. A few of them were dating grown men by the time they were 15.
I read your article. So your argument is that the laws in place to protect young women are misguided?
My argument is that the law is there to protect everyone, and like a lot of our laws, is arbitrary. If you ask men and women to wait until they’re 26 and 21 or 22 respectively--and some countries do have laws like this, where the age of consent for women is younger by about 4 years and starts around 18 or older--even if you could get people to wait that long, there’s evidence that forming relationships and having sex are a part of the developmental process, or that if you wait too long, you’ll have trouble forming healthy relationships later in life. Some countries have younger ages of consent, but the laws are more nuanced. For now, we have what we have, depending on which state or country you live in.