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**thighikergove** · 11-13-2009, 09:39 PM

16 is as good an arbitrary number as any other.

But they aren't legally accountable yet. They can't sign many contracts, vote, be counted as financially independent (unless they take their parents to court), and many other signs of independence.

Why should they be able to do what they want sexually, which can often have greater life changing impact than many of the things that those

11-13-2009, 09:39 PM	#12
thighikergove Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 486 Senior Member	16 is as good an arbitrary number as any other. But they aren't legally accountable yet. They can't sign many contracts, vote, be counted as financially independent (unless they take their parents to court), and many other signs of independence. Why should they be able to do what they want sexually, which can often have greater life changing impact than many of the things that those
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