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asbestosstar wrote

I believe if there is an age of consent, it should be much lower than it is now. Many teenagers may want to have sex because they just want it, especially if both people are in the same approximate age. I do not think being forced or being put pressure on counts as "wanting" it though, and that can be considered rape. In general, I think that if someone wants to have sex, even if they are fairly young, they should be able to, though it will be better for them to be educated on sex (by the time you start wanting sex you probably would have already learned a bit from sexed). Because people who are minors may sometimes go the distance to get around the age of consent law (like faking their age or just having sex with their friends in secret.). I think 13-14 would be an ok age of consent, which is around the time in my experience when the hormones come and they have learned the potential consequences, and they are generally fairly smart and can make lots of decisions themselves and are often starting puberty.

Though, I don't know how we will stop any one from leaving the commune to join another.

By the way, if it makes any difference, I am 16 as of the time of writing this, and the age of consent where I live is 18, which means I am bellow the age of consent.

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