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[QUOTE]Originally posted by PsyLiam: [QB] I'm fairly undecided. On the one hand, yes, obviously people mature at different rates.But on the other, you can't make it completely variable from person to person. Unless each kid gets a psychologist for their 10th birthday who has to follow them around every single day until they deam them fit enough to get their "I can have sex now" licence. And physical and mental maturity can be fairly different too. A girl may start getting periods at age 8, but that doesn't mean that she is mentally capable of coping with a sexual relationship. People are their own worst judges of maturity. How many people complained that they were being treated like a kid when they "obviously" weren't? How many people ever said "I'm really mature for my age"? The varying age of consent for different states isn't a great argument either. You look hard enough, you'll find countries where kids can have sex at 12, or younger. Does that mean that we should make that the limit in our countries? Unfortunatly, there is no flashing light that comes on when a person is ready for all of this. The age of consent is a neccessary evil to stop young people from being abused and/or manipulated. And I'd tend to prefer it err on the side of caution. So what if you think you're ready to have sex at 15? I thought I could drive a car at 12, and I still had to wait. You'll have the rest of your life to do the dirty, and if nothing else, it'll give you something to do on your 16th birthday. Personally, I think the age gap is worse. I know that everyone can cit an example of someone they knew who didn't change at all between 12 and 25, in the same way that everyone seems to be able to cite an example of, well, pretty much anything you want, but the majority of people do change quite a bit between 15 and 25. Maybe not their initial surface personality, but deeper thoughts and feelings. It's one thing to have two people the same age going through that together, but it's fairly different to have someone going through it while their partner is worried about going bald and grey. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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