Yes, I am talking about mental maturity, and yes, you are right that people these days don't reach mental maturity till at least 21, but 18 is what we got, and we need to enforce things at least SOMEWHAT instead of not at all.Vendor-Lazarus said:15 means having fully bloomed into sexual maturity, at the final fifth Tanner Stage. That's backed up by biology and facts. Any other age is just an arbitrary number, most likely based on prudish or compromised thought. So that image is in fact self-telling. 18 is in fact just a number (and not even applicable in the US, as US age of consent is 16-17 for most states). If you're talking mental maturity, that age would have to be 25-27. Good luck enforcing that Prohibition.
Look at the age of consent in Nigeria and be afraid.Arnox said:Yes, I am talking about mental maturity, and yes, you are right that people these days don't reach mental maturity till at least 21, but 18 is what we got, and we need to enforce things at least SOMEWHAT instead of not at all.
Not "at least 21". It's at least 30. 25-30 in fact. https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content?ContentID=3051&ContentTypeID=1 18 is also not "what you got". You got 16 in most states. You prude. 18 is entirely an arbitrarily made up number. It's "just a number", without any form of backing at all. Not biological or mental.Arnox said:Yes, I am talking about mental maturity, and yes, you are right that people these days don't reach mental maturity till at least 21, but 18 is what we got, and we need to enforce things at least SOMEWHAT instead of not at all.
