http://karenrayne.com/2007/10/29/the-legality-of-underage-sex/ Thu, 17 May 2012 23:11:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://karenrayne.com/2007/10/29/the-legality-of-underage-sex/comment-page-1/#comment-340 Dorian Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:18:00 +0000 http://karenrayne.com/?p=179#comment-340 I try to think about what I am trying to accomplish when I take action. I try to consider what are the likely responses to the actions I am considering taking. Are those actions in line with my goals? Quite often, I have to review my goals and replan my actions several times, in order to bring those two things in line with each other. I think laws that try to regulate the personal life choices of teens are silly, because teens do not think ahead and do not consider legal consequences for the most part. Legislators would do well to think more deeply and acknowledge that some things can not reasonably be solved through legislation, no matter how well intentioned. I try to think about what I am trying to accomplish when I take action. I try to consider what are the likely responses to the actions I am considering taking. Are those actions in line with my goals? Quite often, I have to review my goals and replan my actions several times, in order to bring those two things in line with each other. I think laws that try to regulate the personal life choices of teens are silly, because teens do not think ahead and do not consider legal consequences for the most part. Legislators would do well to think more deeply and acknowledge that some things can not reasonably be solved through legislation, no matter how well intentioned.

]]> http://karenrayne.com/2007/10/29/the-legality-of-underage-sex/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Robert Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:48:00 +0000 http://karenrayne.com/?p=179#comment-339 I think that folks recognize the risk of teenagers having sex before they are ready. But then the jump they make is that the law is the best way to ensure that. It's like teenage abortion notification laws. In a perfect world, a teenager would talk to her parents about an issue this important (okay, in a perfect world, all pregnancies would be planned and welcomed...) But this isn't a perfect world. Passing a law is not going to make a teenager talk to her parents if she otherwise wouldn't and a law is not going to keep two 15 year olds from having sex. I think that folks recognize the risk of teenagers having sex before they are ready. But then the jump they make is that the law is the best way to ensure that. It’s like teenage abortion notification laws. In a perfect world, a teenager would talk to her parents about an issue this important (okay, in a perfect world, all pregnancies would be planned and welcomed…) But this isn’t a perfect world. Passing a law is not going to make a teenager talk to her parents if she otherwise wouldn’t and a law is not going to keep two 15 year olds from having sex.

]]> http://karenrayne.com/2007/10/29/the-legality-of-underage-sex/comment-page-1/#comment-337 Alice Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:24:00 +0000 http://karenrayne.com/?p=179#comment-337 Maybe the idea is that it ought to be illegal to have sex with a 15-year-old in general, and they forget that there's a big difference between an adult and another 15-year-old. Maybe the idea is that it ought to be illegal to have sex with a 15-year-old in general, and they forget that there’s a big difference between an adult and another 15-year-old.

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