No law is perfect, that is why we have a legal system, however I have yet to be presented with a clear and unambiguous age of consent law that is "one size fits all". In my state, the age of consent for heterosexual activity is 16. For homosexual activity, the age of consent is 18. One must be 18 years old to marry without parental consent. Girls aged 13 to 17 and boys aged 14 to 17 may be married only with their parent’s consent. Girls younger than 13 and boys younger than 14 are not allowed to be married. This covers your requirement of parental consent. However you will notice that in no possible example can sex between a 38 year old woman and a 12 year old boy be deemed legal and that was the topic at hand. Defending this particular act is what has put you in the indefensible position as being a female pedophile apologist. What the age of consent laws are in your state?
“Defending this particular act is what has put you in the indefensible position as being a female pedophile apologist.”
Sorry, but again you confuse questioning the factual basis of the “damage” with my being a female pedophile apologist.
Given that I live near Miami, home territory of one Janet Reno, who was filmed in bed with a 15 year old female, and that said film was known to many in the law field and the rest of the community, and given my rejection of just about all Reno believed or did, to try to call me a female pedophile apologist crosses the line from the subtle to the ridiculous.
My previous question remains unanswered. Should the parents or the state be the final authority as to when a child is to have sex, and with whom?
I asked this question in this form because under western law, from Moses through Jesus time, including the Roman period, the child was legally the chattel of the father.
Liberalism effectively made the father responsible for the child but usurped his authority.
By the way, “deemed legal” sounds rather like “deemed passed”.
My question remains unanswered: Should the parents have the final deciding authority as to the age of first intercourse, and with whom said intercourse occurs - or should the state?
Since we agree that the present system leaves much to be desired, what should be? Note I asked what should be, not waht is presently legal.
That, to me, is important. ‘Specially in a post Obama period.