Age of Consent

Just some quick thoughts on consent.

I believe that generally children under the age of 10 are not able to properly consent to sexual activity. 11/12, I think that probably the majority are still not able to consent fully, but that some probably will. More are able at 13, and after 14 I would say that most are able to properly consent. I suppose a lot of it really swings on puberty, and how far along it they are. The reason I don't want AoC laws lowered too far is because children under that age are too easily manipulated into agreeing to things. Especially when they don't understand it fully.

However, this does not mean I think all sexual activity with children is inherently abusive. They do want to learn about things and they can be taught, as long as you don't go too fast. Which too many of the people who would teach them would.

But, even accepting that, I don't think that you should actually do it. There isn't much that showing them certain things would give them over simply explaining it well, and there is far too big a chance that what you would do would not be right for them. Whilst an adult can easily say "stop" in that situation, a child cannot. Note this does not mean "sex". Sex with a child [who cannot consent] I believe is almost always harmful.

So, whilst I don't think that all sexual activity with children who are not able to consent to sex is inherently abusive, I believe that it should be avoided. They can learn from other sources than an adult.

Also, if anyone does come across this, disagreeing comments are as welcome as agreeing ones, I am always open to different ideas. ^_^