However when I say a 13 year old child is not mentally developed enough to consent to sex, it doesn’t refer to whether or not he knows what it is or how to do it. What I am refering to is rational and thought out decision making. Something that doesn’t fully finish developing till 25.
I'm sorry man, but this is total bullshit. If we follow your logic, we would not be able to fuck before we're 25? Come on, get real!
I'm not condescending to the point of thinking that a 13 year old is a virgin mind and not mentally developed enough. They are fully capable of enjoying sex, and the proof of this is that it is allowed between themselves.
The law that exist is there for a good reason: to protect them against manipulation, black mail, threats, pregnancies and other types of pressures and abuses from grown up adults. For an adult to have a relationship with a 13 years old is illegal, and that's a good thing to protect them. However this has nothing to do with the development of their brain of the pleasure they can take from sexual act. Come on!
I also have problems with is when we compare this to a rape because of the notion that they can't consent. Enough of that nonsense. Ask a real women/men who were really raped, those who were really abused as teenagers by coaches and religious. That is a rape. Comparing a consensual relationship, even if the consent is not fully enlightened, to a rape is insulting to those who really lived one.
Get me right here. I fully support the legislation and having sex with a 13 year old is wrong. But I'm tired of the abuses and inflation of words. People trying to make a point using excessive language instead of developing their point eloquently. Like the "rape culture" in universities for example. I don't know about you, but when I studied and worked in university environment for decades, the vast majority of males there didn't rape anyone. A culture is something that is shared by a critical mass of people within a group, and this is certainly not the case.
So, let's talk about having sex with a minor as illegal, as incorrect, as unacceptable, and as an abuse if it is the case. But let's stop comparing this to rape. Let's leave this word for real rape, for victims of a violent and disgusting act.