Pedophilia; I can't accept it.

[Gilgamesh]

"You have yet to show why age is associated with maturity/intelligence"

Maturity - the quality of behaving mentally or emotionally like an adult, a very advanced or developed form or state.

Adult is part of the very definition of maturity - your request makes no sense.

"Maturity may refer to:
-Adulthood or age of majority
-Sexual maturity, the stage when an organism can reproduce, though this is distinct from adulthood
-Maturity (psychological), a term in developmental psychology to indicate that a person responds to the circumstances or environment in an appropriate manner
Developmental age"

Remember I said maturity was a subjective term, by the way. I wonder why on earth I would've said that?

Intelligence is not related to age - I don't think that was claimed. Experience, however, is and experience is a tool human beings use a lot to decide how to react or behave under different circumstances. An adult has simply had more opportunity to gain experience. This is not the same as saying that they have gained experience - merely that they have had more chance to do so.

I was so ready to pounce but you've done my work for me; being of a higher age doesn't necessarily make you any experienced - it just means you've had more time to potentially acquire more experience.

Although, I had another question, too, remember; why is any of that relevant? As in, why can't someone who's more experienced/mature engage in a healthy relationship of someone who's not as experienced/mature (and again, experience and maturity are subjective, so...)

"Probably, although, I'm not seeing why what the parents want is relevant."

Then you are not very well up on the law. A parent of a 13 year old is legally responsible for that child. Depending on the country its usually between 16 and 18 that the individual becomes legally responsible for themselves.

I don't care about the legalities. They're irrelevant. It's not like what I'm arguing, if accepted as true, would be reason to change those very legalities or anything, either; no, definitely not. What is the fascination with "if it's legal, it's right"? That's not an argument.

"It's sad that you think your feelings on the matter should effect everyone, and not just yourself."

Well that would depend on your opinion of democracy. If the majority of people feel this way then that is what the law is based upon. If the majority do not feel this way then government will be lobbied and the law will be changed.

See my response to the previous quote.