Wasn't this a case of ignorant people misunderstanding written laws and changes made to said laws...? The problem that the Turkish court had, was that they couldn't take age differences and circumstances into consideration. A 16-year old having consentual sex with his 14-year old girlfriend, would have to be handed the same ruling as say if a 30-year old raped a 4-year old.
Pedophilia - sexual attraction (by late adolescence/adults) towards pre-adolescent children.
Also, none of the people here believe that adults should have relations with children. We're for lowering the age of consent because we don't want the 16 year old male who's dating/in a sexual relationship with the 14 year old girl arrested.
And when my response, and the person/people I'm responding to, is in a legal context, your point may actually have a touch of merit. The definition of "pedophilia" specifically refers to an attraction to prepubescent children, regardless of how ignorant legal institutions "use" it. Posters calling someone a "pedophile" for supporting lowered consent ages is, at best, blatant stupidity.
While it's true that most states have some variation of a "Romeo" clause, usually with a 3-year variance, there have been cases of one or both being charged with some variation of a "child sex" crime, especially when it involved them sharing "pics".
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Hey, thanks for sharing the article, Raelbo. Thanks for throwing some light on the issue, you sure are a lightbringer
A rational argument is much better than a furious one, so I know what you mean.
My anger doesn't stem from this issue alone. It's a result of things I've been witnessing since a while. We are living in a mad, mad world and to think of the direction in which we are headed scares me. All I can do is, vent out when I'm angry and at other times pray/hope that things don't get from bad to worse.
Is turkey a moderate Islamic country?. If this is considered moderate, what is considered radical?
It's like they don't even know what the word consent means. By definition a minor cannot consent.
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Why should a 14 year old be in a sexual relationship? You do realize that children do not have the power to make these sorts of decisions. This isn't an "it's my body it's my choice" thing. They legally have no rights, their parents do.
I forget what our common values are?. Please remind me of the common values of turkey and the usa?. Obama just said it was against our values as americans to have religious litmus test to enter our sanctuary called The USA. Name one value we share with turkey?.
Well minors have full human rights (so they do have rights) but they don't have full citizen rights, so the constitution doesn't neccessarily/fully apply to them.
But what drastically seperates a 14 year old from a 15 year old and a 16 year old. And for most states, the age of consent is 16. And what about a 16 year old in a sexual relationship with an 18 year old?