And lest not even get INTO the flaws in that system...I for one say that if someone acts the part looks the part and lies(such as sneaking into bars) then they need to take responsibility...They should NOT get off for ruining or nearly ruining someones life if THEY chose to go into a bar a place that SHOULD be adults only thus presume it is adults only. So yeah the term itself has problems and they need to be addressed as well.
The fact that Japan has a lower one should open your minds a tiny crack to at least make you realize that it is not as black and white as some of the people on here seem to think. At least, that would have been my intent if I were the one who posted it.
Normal is the name for the mental disorder present in the majority of humanity.
Xinjun
Folly and fakery have always been with us... but it has never before been as dangerous as it is now, never in history have we been able to afford it less. - Isaac Asimov
Every damn thing you do in this life, you pay for. - Edith Piaf
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. - Orwell
No amount of belief makes something a fact. - James Randi
Folly and fakery have always been with us... but it has never before been as dangerous as it is now, never in history have we been able to afford it less. - Isaac Asimov
Every damn thing you do in this life, you pay for. - Edith Piaf
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. - Orwell
No amount of belief makes something a fact. - James Randi
Normal is the name for the mental disorder present in the majority of humanity.
Xinjun
The age of consent is pretty high in America. When I was 15 I started dating a 12 year old, and no it wasn't a sexual relationship at that age. It was my first girlfriend ever and we were friends for 2 years before that. Shortly after I turned 16, making our age gap 4 years, but then she'd turn 13 about a month later. No one had any problems with it, not even her parents because they knew I was a good guy.
Then 2 years went by and we were still seeing each other. The day I turned 18 she was 14, turning 15 in a month. A few days after my 18th birthday her parents all a sudden did not approve of the relationship because it was now illegal according to law. We broke up, I haven't seen her in 8 years.. and it still depresses me to this day.
Why does a once legal relationship become illegal simply because we BOTH got older? Not only was she my GF, but she was my best friend. I cared greatly for her, but according to society the relationship was all a sudden wrong over night. After my experience I will never support the current age of consent laws.
You leave out the fact that Japan was youth protection laws which means no adult can have sex with any one below the age of 17.
Also prefecture overrules federal age of 13 and in just about every prefecture the age is 18.
So saying the age is 13 is incredibly misleading.