[Gogogo]

Other ppls kids; 17 or 18

My kids; 45

[Zugaxxsn]

Lower. Upper bound is obviously 40.

[Sthjrderfida]

I'm assuming that there is no difference between the age of consent for homosexual sex and for heterosexual sex

Why? The age of consent needs to be lower for homosexual sex if we hope to keep the twink population at healthy levels.

[Hammaduersnes]

never?

[CefGemYAffews]

In all seriousness, the age of consent shouldn't have a single value at all. It should have a value that varies as a function of the age of the oldest person in the relationship (y = (x/2) + 7 where y = the age of consent and x = the age of the oldest party involved in the sexing).

[untostaronaf]

16 was my pick.

[kabelshik]

I read an article recently about a dude who was in his 130's who was married to a chick in her 90's. He was practically robbing the cradle.

[OlegSan]

Hugh Hefner is a genius, dude.

Fixed.

[casinobonbone]

Fixed.

There's no genius involved in a rich old **** banging dumb young girls.

[iNYZgxNC]

I'm sure plenty of 40 year old men would like to have the chance to sleep with a 25 year old

There's also plenty of 40-year old men who would like to sleep with 15-year olds. Just because someone wants to do something doesn't make it right.

[osteoftex]

The proper rule is x/10 +7:

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/281223

A Somali man, 100, married a 17-year-old girl in front of hundreds of guests on Tuesday. The man's family supports the marriage.
On Tuesday in Somalia, Ahmed Mohamed Dhore, who claims to be a centenarian, married a girl that is young enough to be his great great granddaughter in front of hundreds of guests, according to the Associated Press. This may be a shock in the Western world but it is quite common for young girls to marry much older men but, most often, not that old.
Dhore said he wanted to marry Safiya Abdulle for a long time but he wanted to wait for her to grow up. The possible centenarian told the media that his children, his parents and two other wives supported the marriage.
This is the sixth marriage for Dhore and three of his wives have died reports the Toronto Sun.
The London Free Press stated that it’s not possible to verify Dhore’s age.
Polygamy is a common occurrence in Muslim Somalia.

[thighikergove]

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

[rxnixoncom]

It's not a question of what THEY can and can't do. Parents are more than welcome to restrict their children from having sex, if they can. It's a question of the LAW punishing OTHERS for having sex with these children.

If you sign a contract with a minor then the worst thing that happens is you get a civil penalty. If you have sex with a minor below the age of consent then you go to jail for years.

[VrQsgM7c]

Maybe in India.

[AnIInWon]

I think it should be based on a written test...

[PemiaGefe]

Why insist on a differentiable function? It should be affine in the age of the older partner up to adulthood (18?), and then be flat. 150 year olds should be able to get some.

[bely832new]

150 year olds should be able to get some.

150 year olds have a huge age range to choose from, 82 to 286.

[DoctorIrokezov]

Maybe in India.

If by "India" you mean "everywhere"

[Leaters]

In high school I had a friend whose mom was 25 at his birth and whose dad was 50 at his birth.

[no02rSx2]

I don't know any 40 year olds who are dating 25 year olds.

Not perhaps personally, but you know of people who are violating your formula. For example, Bruce Willis (54) is married to model Emma Heming (31) and no one cares.