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Well, they weren’t considered pedos in the first place. That term applies to someone who is attracted to children under the age of puberty. Although, they still are creeps/predators. 16 and 17 year olds aret fully developed into adults until they’re officially 18.
Technically not until 21 because of brain developmental stages
@doopayo Actually brain development never stops, humans continue to grow new neuron links their entire lives. The brain development stops at x age thing is a myth.
Outside of brain development though (and ears, nose and a few other organs that never stop growing), people stop developing between 12 and 30, for me I finished at 14, and still look and function exactly the same at 35 as I did then.
I’m not talking about that, I’m talking about emotional development and how the parts of your brain that regulate impulse control are fully developed at 21
@doopayo emotional development like that can happen at any age, and more often happens before puberty, so I don't advise using it as a measure of adulthood. Impulse control is usually poorer in adults than it is in children, is typically something you see early if it happens at all, is usually coupled with above average intelligence, and is not tied to an age or a specific part of the brain. Also no part of the brain that initiates any form of cognition is ever done developing, it will develop more and more throughout your entire life. So those are really poor metrics to go by. I dunno where you are getting the age 21 from out of that, but thats an innaccurate assumption.
The far more realistic metric would be income stability, world experience, etc. things that tangibly allow a person to understand how to act like an adult.
People typically absorb information better as children than they do adults, but thats because they know less. So often adults have poorer brain function but higher knowledge, but knowledge alone is not comprehension.
People like to beat around the bush and be nice and say "well you aren't done developing" when in reality, they're just stupid. Most people are really stupid, and when they are a kid we tell them they will understand when they grow up, and when they grow up, they act even dumber and do all the things we told them not to, like drinking, drugs, unprotected sex, etc. because now they legally can.
When people turn 21, they don't suddenly gain better comprehension. Instead they either now have free roam to fuck up their own life if they were dumb as a kid, and if they were a smart kid, they have a chance at success as an adult, so long as the world doesn't completely shit on them.
life is unfair, most adults are stupid, unreasonable, confused easily, make poor choices, have addictions/poor impulse control, and are buried in debt and kids they didn't plan for, while trying to come up with child support or collect it.
Society needs to stop pretending that when you reach 18 or 21 you become a model citizen, or even become capable of being one.
If being 18 or 21 made people's brains be done developing, and if that development created better comprehension or impulse control, then we wouldn't have people 18/21 and up wanting to hump children in the first place, because according to you, their brain is far too developed to not understand right and wrong.
People don't want to admit any of that though, because, for lack of a better term, it means priviledge restrictions based on IQ score.
and at least 80% of the populace would fail
Anyway my point is that its study, not age, that defines intelligence, impulse control, comprehension improvement, and mental stability. The idea is that by the time they reach 21, they had enough time to study. which for most people isn't the case.
![When will people stop labeling adults dating a 16 or 17 year old a pedo?]()
When you are capable of pulling a partner your own abe you noncey cunt
Noncey? Is that a Brit term? 😂
@t-8900 Yeah look up nonce lol
Lol ok
Ah I did lol
I mean if I was to and they happen to be underaged it's not a big deal
@kataspara Exactly😂
There is a large power differential. At 18 you can hold a job and take on adult responsibilities. Most 16 year old's are still children living with their parents.
There is just so much of this online and probably offline, It is a natural to call them pedos now. Sorry to be blunt, dude.
As long as both parties are above the age of consent, it shouldn't matter.
When will people stop bending over backwards to defend adults preying on teens?
On a maturity level a 16 year old girl and a 25 year old guy are about the same.
That used to not be the case.
I am for legal consenting adults and where I am the age of consent is 18.
Is this a pre-emptive defence of Matt Gaetz (who's 39)?
Ok, so if they are adults why put the age of the suitor at 25 ? Why not 30, 40,50,60,70 ?
The age of consent in my country was once 16; now it's 18. Any adult here dating someone younger than 18 is legally a paedo.
Ya I think 18 is where it should be. A few more years to develop and mature
Hell there are people who think Monica Lewinsky was a 'child' at 22-23 when she actively seduced a guy she knew was a married horndog who didn't have the time for such shenanigans. They'll never admit some 16-17 year olds should date 20somethings
Because people would rather use inaccurate language than learn the right term. Always check the laws and statutes in your area ya sexual predator.
A 25 yr old that likes 16 is fucked. You cannot succeed with women mature your age so you seek those more impressionable
They will not stop because they are indoctrinated fools.
Because if you’re 25 and trying to fuck a 16 year old, you are a pedo.
First off in the states for the most 18 to about 20 is legal for any form of teen dating
When people quit calling snakes , snakes. Why do you pervs want to be considered normal.
Because they can’t compete with hot young women they’re really just jealous because women know that after their early 20s it’s all down hill
I have hypothesized this a few times in the past but no so sure. I don't think waiting till 18 is unreasonable
@t-8900 yea but who defined adulthood because women don’t really have much room for growth in those 2 years they might get taller and that’s about it
Ya but may a but more mentally mature or on a career path they might want? I don't know I'm in between on the subject. 18-20 is probably a good point for minimum age unless they are able to bag a rich guy who can make sure they don't fall flat if things go south
@t-8900 yea that’s another thing because people act like the maturity of the individual isn’t a factor when it is
I get what you're saying but think about how complicated the courts would be if everything was a case by case basis. They try to steam line things to save time and also individual judges can be wrong. the popular approval usually wins out.
@t-8900 that doesn’t make it right
well I'm not totally sure what to think on it other than I think that if she's 18 you should maybe court her instead of "date" her. Sadly family structures are not what they used to be so that might also be impossible. In some cases the guy she's dating might actually rescue her from a bad situation at home too. So really it's not one dimensional. I don't have the answers my dude and I don't claim to.
@t-8900 ik I was just saying is all
When the 16 year old turns 18 at the least. Or when they stop being fucking pedos.
Marrying 16 year olds is legal in all of America LOL
@vimhh Not without the parents permission.
Probably because legally you’re not an adult until 21 but the age of consent varies so to many people they are still kids