Erla
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Post by Erla on Dec 3, 2006 23:30:02 GMT -5
My mother was a teen mom, my boyfriends mom had her first child at age 14. I'm not at all encouraging anyone to become a parent so young, and personally I'd rather not, but the responsible ones do take responsibility for their actions. I would, too. I know kids my age and younger that really shouldn't be having sex, but I do think I'm mature enough to. I also know people over 20, even 30, that have no business having children, and still have them.
I choose not to judge people from their age, but their maturity.
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Post by [Beefy] on Dec 4, 2006 15:58:20 GMT -5
The problem is when people aren't smart about it and have unprotected sex and don't talk to their partners about it before hand.
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Erla
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Post by Erla on Dec 4, 2006 18:44:43 GMT -5
You *can* still get pregnant even if you use protection. The biggest problem is of course that teenagers generally aren't responsible enough about it. Adults don't necessarily always use protection either, though...
Like I said before, maturity over age...
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Post by allianne on Dec 10, 2006 23:35:16 GMT -5
I like the idea behind the consent laws. Sex is a huge emotional and physical step and it's a little sketchy to think that there are kids who who haven't ever had sex ed or "The Talk" having a sexual relationship. AND it sometimes prevents someone overage taking advantage of someone underage.
But, realistically, I mean isn't the average age for someone's first time around 14?
It's kind of weird some places have the age to be 18, because I know a very small number of 18 year olds who are virgins.
All I'm going to add is that if a person is underage and sleeping with someone, they should be smart about it.
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Post by Barbaro on Dec 13, 2006 21:35:33 GMT -5
I can't imagine any of my friends, mainly guys, having sex. Sme yes, but at 15, I am shocked to look around, and hear storys about their first time.
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Post by Will on Dec 15, 2006 0:54:15 GMT -5
Sex is overrated. There are no trumpets, choirs, tickertape parades when you lose your virginity. It's something you do. You do it because you want to, because it's an intimate thing. Unfortunately most people I know want to do it because everyone else is and they think they're 'missing out' on something. These people regret their first time because it wasn't meaningful. You could have physical sex and that's all it is, moving around and having an orgasm. That's not real sex. Real sex is intimate, loving and caring. But so many underage people are not capable of this kind of caring and loving, because at this stage in their lives it's all about experience, doing what everyone else is doing, doing it so it gets done. Hence an age of consent to protect them from themselves.
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Post by tylerh91 on Dec 16, 2006 22:02:46 GMT -5
Oh great! I just broke the law last night! Ohio's is 16 and i just 15 thursday. I think the military one is stupid, that you'll be dismissed for homosexual sex. Ohio only showed one age so I'm guessing that's for homosexual and heterosexual...well one person was at the age, and I agreed to it anyway.
plus Erla's right: maturity over age.
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Post by Erla on Dec 19, 2006 23:31:07 GMT -5
Sex is overrated. There are no trumpets, choirs, tickertape parades when you lose your virginity. It's something you do. You do it because you want to, because it's an intimate thing. Unfortunately most people I know want to do it because everyone else is and they think they're 'missing out' on something. These people regret their first time because it wasn't meaningful. You could have physical sex and that's all it is, moving around and having an orgasm. That's not real sex. Real sex is intimate, loving and caring. But so many underage people are not capable of this kind of caring and loving, because at this stage in their lives it's all about experience, doing what everyone else is doing, doing it so it gets done. Hence an age of consent to protect them from themselves. Ok, I really disagree with some of the things you say. Yes, there is a difference between just sex and intimate sex. I've experienced both and sex with someone you love is so much better than sex with a stranger. However, these laws don't stop anyone from doing anything. Trust me on this. It's like with drugs and alcohol. It doesn't matter what the laws say, or if other people have bad experience from something. Either you choose to do it, or you choose to not do it. I had just turned 15 when I lost my virginity, and yes, it was a mistake and I still regret it, but I do however think I was old enough to make that decision. Also, about why teenagers have sex; ok, some just wanna do it cause everybody's doing it or cause they don't wanna miss out on it, but my reasons were completely different. I didn't do it cause I wanted to have sex, or lose my virginity. I did it cause for the first time I felt like someone wanted me. Nevermind that it was a much older man who was only looking for sex. I just felt that finally someone wanted me and I was stupid to think like that but I'm depressed and have no self confidence. I think that the readiness to have sex has much more to do with both maturity and state of mind than with age. Although obviously age is a factor. But you know what I mean, right? And am I the only one that thinks that 18 as the age of consent is ridiculously high???
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