Do you believe young women (or men) who are 21, 22, 23 or 24 should be allowed to consent to relationships with older men or women who are 10 or 20 years older? I know we should have free will, but should we be allowed to self-destruct just because we “can”?
You’re an adult by then. Do what you want.
You are making assumptions here. Twenty-something year olds are allowed to date anyone older they like, the only restrictions that apply go the other way age-wise. And dating older people doesn’t automatically lead to self-destruction. So what’s your point?
why not?
What’s your solution to this total non-problem?
How is it society “self-destructing”?
You seem to want to control what other people are doing with their lives, so I’m just going to tell you to fuck right off
Who are you delegating to “disallow” such a thing? Like a law?
Allowed to? Sure, you’re well into adulthood and that’s not something you want to legally regulate between consenting adults.
But from a societal norms perspective, the minimum age of “half your age plus seven” holds up pretty well. 34 year old dating a 24 year old? Sure! 44 year old dating a 24 year old? That gives me the ick, but I don’t think that should make it illegal.
I don’t want to live in a society that encroaches on interpersonal relationships enough to outlaw large age differences between romantic partners who are all consenting adults. The fallout from introducing that kind of legislation would be far larger than the potential negatives from such relationships.
The age of majority is a pretty arbitrary line that we draw; I don’t see how this would be fundamentally different. We already “encroach” on interpersonal relationships by not allowing adults to date minors (which again is defined completely arbitrarily).
…they are?
exactly this, they already are, end of story, op. take your “morale” and go back to your church, you will find like-minded
soulsmorons there.
