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   GNU Too (gnu2@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Monday, 28-Jul-2025 12:47:41 JST GNU Too

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   @face the problem with age of consent laws is that they are one size fits all. I've none many a 28 year old that are not yet adults.
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     Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw37j1@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Monday, 28-Jul-2025 23:18:53 JST Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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     @gnu2 The problem with this POV is that people need a way to know when a person is able to make important decisions for themself. Age works well, as long as we acknowledge specific (and detectable) exceptions (such a mental / emotional handicap) and ethical quandries (boss / subordinate, instructor / student, etc).
     
     I consider "age of consent" to be a subset of legal majority, the age when one is presumed to have an adult mind and therefore one can sign contracts. (Again, specific exceptions should exist, such as mental / emotional handicap and influential /negotiation / market power ... where one party is in a controlling position relative to the other.)