So you are saying that physiologically and psychologically a persons ability to interact with another person is limited to a range of ages which is close to their own ? A consenting 43 year old should be prevented by a third party from banging a consenting 89 year old? (please no vaseline jokes)
How did you derive that ?
Look....if (for arguments sake) SOME 10 yr olds were mature enough to make the decision to be sexually active....how in fucks name would anyone be able to tell those from the rest?
Just cause the 10 year old said so?
Cause id say half of the statutory rape cases out there involving 16-17yr old girls start that way. Funny how often it turns out they werent as ready as they thought they were a little down the road....for any number of reasons. And while 18 is no guarentee of maturity it is considered generally a safer age given the individual has had a decent enough period of time to develop frame of reference and enough life experience to learn the difference.
Your views seem steeped in idealism in a completely unrealistic way.
We have all of human history that shows us why your ideals dont work bro.
Pipe dreams contrary to our nature.
Just because sally is the 1 ten year old smart enough to figure out how the "magic coin from your ear" trick works, doesnt mean shes emotionally mature enough for sex...or that she understands the implications of those actions.
And I'm sorry but any person who touches a "child" and validates that decision by claiming a child as a mature autonomous decision maker is at best lying to themselves and taking advantage of that child.
Period.
And before I get a "well define "child" then" responce....if someone doesnt know the difference they have no business being sexually active themselves.