[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by Tinkerbelle

Fair enough, but you can plonk a law on the age to try protect kids (and anyone under 16 is a kid in my eyes) making the kinda mistakes, we as adults are equipped to deal with.

As the mother of a 15 year old girl I'd marmalise anyone who forced himself upon her and I do agree that we have to plonk an age somewhere but also know someone who married quite legally only a few months older than her. The idea that she will be legally old enough to marry in just over 6 months time is quite scary.

Originally Posted by katex

What has always bemused me about this question is that the 'social' laws are fighting the biological laws .. what I am trying to say is that a girl comes into puberty at average 13 and therefore can conceive and produce offspring .. a boy is at his high at 18 (sorry, fellas most of you here now on the decline ) This would be a perfect match according to nature.

If you have any sort of religious beliefs, this is what your God should be telling you .. is it not ? as he supposedly created you .. Ok .. yes, I am an atheist; but it is the most religious people that tend to argue against under age sex.

Just that the way we have evolved socially and over population, lack of housing, makes it rather difficult for 13 year old girls to bring up a child of her own, because we are at this age still providing education, fun things to do and labour laws, etc., Better all around, but still this battle going on.

A girl may be physically capable of having a baby at 13 but she isn't emotionally mature nor is her body really ready for a sexual relationship at that age despite the onset of puberty. Most 13 year old menstruating girls have still got plenty of developing to do. I seriously doubt that a 13 year old could manage a household of her own and bring up a baby without adult assistance even if she wasn't still supposed to be receivng her education.