“And why the double standard? because men are different from women and teenage boys are different from teenage girls. That’s just the way it is. “
yes they are different, boys mature at a slower rate than girls. thats just the way it is.
Indeed. Your entire life as a male you are told girls mature faster than boys, BOTH physically AND psychologically.
Yet, some of the “shotgun weddin’” types on FR (and elsewhere) will consistently tell us that it’s worse for a male to engage in sexual activity with a teenage girl than the reverse.
But if girls do mature physically and psychologically at a faster rate, then they are far more likely to be ‘ready’ to carry on such a relationship.
Kinda like how it HAD been for thousands of years until now.
I’m not saying throw the book at a 24 year old for being with a 16 year old, but let’s stop pretending that somehow young women are more vulnerable (only more able to get pregnant) than young men are. And if young men’s hormones are so in control of their sex drive, wouldn’t that make them even less able to ‘consent’ in comparison to a girl?
I just wish we held the kids responsible for their behavior and stopped treating kids who know better like outright victims.