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On Thursday, 21 December 2017 16:16:45 UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
Sexual relations between an adult and child cannot be justified ever.
Unless we assume a child is capable of making all important decisions for
themselves. Which no society ever has.

Just for argument's sake

In the 12th century, the Catholic Church allowed daughters over 12 and
sons over 14 to marry without their parents' approval, even if their
marriage was made clandestinely [1] and those ages continued in Scotland
until 1929.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marria...ge#cite_note-6

But were they allowed to vote? Own property? Go to war etc? The emphasis a
society places on sexual matters varies enormously. And most of the laws
made by men.

Watching the Jeremy Kyle show (which I only ever do by accident, honest
guv) makes me think that a lot of people are incapable of making a
decision about marriage or sex at any age.

;-)

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