RobAnybody
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This just seems to be too big of a tangent for this thread. If you want to start a different thread on that topic, I'll be happy to contribute what little I can to exploring it.This is why I ask about what you think the criminal justice system is for.
So what do you consider to be a "large age difference"? Why is X bad, but X-1 is not bad? It seems arbitrary to me. If they can decide, then they can decide. If they can't then they can't.As to the why, when there is a large age difference there is is the potential for inherent power imbalance and exploitation that does not exist when the people are close in age. This means the potential downside of allowing it is greater. Young people have sex with other young people more frequently than they do with older people. This means the potential downside of criminalising it is greater. In such situations where there is a difference in the cost/benefit of criminalisation it seems appropriate for the rules to be different.
Being aware it's happening, at the very least. Should I be able to take someone else's kid to get vaccinated without their knowledge, for example?We are talking about taking them to a doctor to receive medical treatment, right? What is the parent supposed to be doing here?