The harms of religion

[Hovik]

Yes, you are setting up a straw man. By injecting an arbitrary term like 'promiscuous' into the phrasing, you're setting up a false precedent for the argument. You're essentially rewording the argument so that it will illicit an emotional reaction to discredit the argument itself.

Societal norms are passively determined by society. Societal norms don't reflect how things should be done based on rational thinking.

So yes, I do challenge the "societal norms" regarding age of consent because they're based on a flawed understanding of the psychology of adolescents and sexual development.

Is an emotional response invalid when speaking about sexual consent regarding teenage persons?

Yes. Yes it is invalid, actually. You can't tell somebody they can't do what they want because it upsets you when there's no good reason otherwise why they shouldn't.