Tbh this was my thought as well, and I don’t care if it’s like that in other parts of the world. Imo lower ages of consent simply enable predators.
13 makes that really obvious, 16 may make it more ambiguous to some, but try to remember when you were 16, maybe you were just getting a summer job or something adult-like, yet you were probably still foolish and naive about many things. You may have thought you wanted to get right out there into adulthood, even more than at 13, and that’s exactly what some assholes are interested in taking advantage of.
Tbh this was my thought as well, and I don’t care if it’s like that in other parts of the world. Imo lower ages of consent simply enable predators.
13 makes that really obvious, 16 may make it more ambiguous to some, but try to remember when you were 16, maybe you were just getting a summer job or something adult-like, yet you were probably still foolish and naive about many things. You may have thought you wanted to get right out there into adulthood, even more than at 13, and that’s exactly what some assholes are interested in taking advantage of.