Steve James wrote:Is it wrong for a 32 year-old to seduce a 14 year-old? Is it worse when that person is a public official or a movie star? It's complicated by the fact that child marriages are not uncommon in the US.
Steve James wrote:BTW, it doesn't matter if the adult is a female or if both are the same sex.
chud wrote:Yes, it is wrong.
A child, even a teenager, is not emotionally mature enough to make decisions about sex.
"My grandmother was married at 14, but that was in 1913 in Virginia. My grandfather was 19, but they stayed together for life. I wouldn't call that pedophilia or rape. It was child marriages, but it was common."
"The Quinceanera in Latin cultures is no different than the Sweet Sixteen party in Anglo cultures. They have exactly the same meaning of reaching the "coming of age." Jews have Bar and Bas Mitzvahs at thirteen. None other these traditions have anything to do with pedophilia."
"In some cultures at 15 a young girl is considered "ready" to have kids and be a wife."
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