I’m not talking about the male, I’m talking about the woman.
At what age does she have the right to control her own choices?
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Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months agoLet me guess: you’re the kinda person who insists that the middle aged bloke in this scenario isn’t a paedophile because you think “ephebophile” is a more technically accurate term.
Dagwood222@lemm.ee 11 months ago
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
Are you sure if was an actual choice?
Dagwood222@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Are you sure?
If you have more details about the actual situation, lay them out.
I’m asking a general question. Is a 16 year old allowed to make major life choices?
DrainKikoLake@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
I many cases, no. Where I live, a 16-year-old cannot:
- vote
- enlist in the armed forces
- sign legally binding contracts
- legally purchase alcohol, tobacco products, or cannabis
- buy lottery tickets or gamble at a casino
- serve on a jury
- buy or sell property
- marry
- inherit money or property
- own a credit card
- fully control their own medical decisions
- register as an organ donor
- quit school
- get a tattoo or a body piercing
- move out of their parents’ house
Some of these things can be done with parental consent or if particular circumstances apply (such as if the child in question is legally emancipated). But broadly speaking, there are a LOT of rights, responsibilities, and options that do not apply to anyone before the age of majority (18 here).
yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
I don’t think pedophile is accurate here.
It’s power difference why someone would want to “date” a 16 year old. It allows for very easy abuse which is usually the main motivation. Sexual attraction to children is less likely because far fewer people are pedophiles than abusers.
Spacehooks@reddthat.com 11 months ago
Lol its the “you see its a spectrum”
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
Not the person you replied to, but I prefer neither of those in this context since they only represent age-based sexual attraction, which may also be given as a diagnosis.
The more fitting name is a “predator” or “sexual predator”. If specific to children, then “child molester”. Both technically correct (as far as I know), while also sounding more serious (in my opinion).