Thank you for so concisely making my point. BTW, only 2 generations back, few people felt that way.
NAMBLA and a few other organizations like them from other perspectives are largely leftovers from the Kinsey days. They're out of touch. The responses above are indicative of the pendulum swinging the other way, a process that started in the mid '70's, got traction in the '80's, and really started to progress in the late '90's. It's just as wrong.
We can both quote differnt brain studies all day. Many show very different results. There are two consistent findings in every really good brain study ever funded. First, that the brain is more developed at earlier stages than previously thought. Second, that the brain continues to develop far longer than previously thought. side from those two consistencies, few studies have very similar findings. The whole of brain science is very, very young, lol.
It really all comes down to individuals anyway. I know 15 year olds who are perfectly capable of running their lives - and relationships - better than most adults I know. I know 40 year olds who shouldn't be on their own - and I don't mean developmental issues or retardation, etc, I mean MATURITY. From the other side of the coin, there are sickos who shouldn't be allowed to date ANYONE and certainly not younger, less experienced individuals, and there are really caring and careful people out there who could very easily be the best thing that could happen to a confused and distracted teenager, even in a relationship.
Thanks for being civil everybody.

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