Hello conservative right wingers:

Why do you deny the happiness, that you yourself enjoy, from your fellow citizens? Isn't doing that UN Christianlike???? I think it IS!!!

You are bad and wrong for doing that. Tell my why you're not.

excon

starbuck8

I think that is a responsible choice actually CM. By then you've got a stable life -- well you would only hope most would -- and you have had time to plan, and the experience and resources needed, to raise a child. Teenagers just think that sex is fun, a baby might be "fun", we see it every single day on the boards don't we!!

Dare81

Mr Waites, , The Age of Consent: Young People, Sexuality and Citizenship

He is Professor of sociology in Glasgow university Mattew Waites has added his voice to those calling for reduction in the age of consent from 16 to 14 in Britain.Other studies have shown that fixing the age of consent at 16 criminalises above 50% of young people in UK(INTERNATIONAL CHILD AND YOUTH CARE) NETWORK)

The Haworth Press Online Catalog: Article Abstract

The fact is that even until the 18th century, reaching puberty meant becoming an “adult”, in terms of maturity, behavior and responsibility, as stated in the Journal of Social History, Online Etymology Dictionary, Journal of Marriage and the Family, and numerous academic references.

• Children now in developing countries now and then faced the daily struggle for physical and economic survival,[] and while this type of “environmental stress” actually causes puberty at a younger age, it is proven to have also speeded psychological maturity. This maturity helped in coping with the responsibilities of early marriage and childbearing.


•It was only in the industrial mid-18th century that psychological maturity started to delay, due to side effects that are proven to delay maturity such as: increasing comforts of life, diminished parental guidance and that “children remained children longer to complete their education


2“Life history theory” states that in a less stable environment, “natural selection will favor individuals that reproduce earlier...within a population


For people asking for the links here they are. You can make up your own mind

ChihuahuaMomma

Thank you Starbs, I agree...I want to thoroughly enjoy my 20's...I even have a TO-DO list of fun things that I need to do before starting a family. Sorta like a "bucket list", sorry for the eerie comparison.

ChihuahuaMomma

Dare, can you please stop quoting and tell us what YOU think?

Dare81

This is a very U.S centric view. When i was 14 i was working in a sugar mill in Pakistan and so was my sis to support our family.All the other children working with me certainly didnot think,behave or act like 14 year old from the u.s

ChihuahuaMomma

And that's because they are forced to grow up before they have to. That is not a fault of their own, but that certainly doesn't justify a 14 year old having sex (in my eyes)

Dare81

I think starbucks is right when she says that 16 year old here in the u.s probably are not old enough to have sex, but this does not hold true in most underdeveloped countries where they are old and mature enough to get married at 16

starbuck8

I agree that children in underdeveloped countries, have hardships that we will never know. I still don't believe it is healthy, mentally or physically for a child to have sexual relationships.

Mr. Waites, just from what I read, is speaking of 18th century beliefs. Well the medical community has come a long way! There are many things they didn't know about in the 18th century.

starbuck8

It doesn't matter what country you are from. You may be forced to grow up sooner than you should, but this has got nothing to do with actual "maturity" in a medical sense.

I'm out for the night kids, it's 2:30am, and I'm fading! G'nite!

Dare81

the 18th century belief is a separate article.the article also talks about underdeveloped countries


For Mr watts book could not find the link to his book. I have a hard copy