(April 30, 2023 at 2:15 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:(April 30, 2023 at 1:35 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: So, a 25 year old man having sex with a 12 year old female wouldn’t be considered sexual abuse?
Boru
not if the societal convention in force expects the 12 year old female to assume substantially similar responsibilities as 25 year old females.
I was thinking specifically of Jewish societies. A girl becomes bat mitzvah at the age of 12. At that point, she is able to ‘participate in all areas of Jewish community life to the same extent as adults’. Since marriage is an integral part of Jewish community life, I would expect you to have no objection to a man of 25 (or 40 or 70) years of age wedding and bedding a 12 year old girl.
Boru
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