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fandomsecrets2014-03-21 07:06 pm
[ SECRET POST #2635 ]
⌈ Secret Post #2635 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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[Casshern (film)]
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[cosplay, Anthony Misiano]
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03. http://i.imgur.com/4s3vCwo.png
[link for nudity/etc. naked mpreg snape with boobs.]
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04. http://i.imgur.com/aQi1eUV.png
[link for nudity (OP requested it; not really sexual though. probably would've been ok, considering the one below ↓)]
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08. [posted twice]
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[Josh Radnor]
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10. [SPOILERS for Sherlock]

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11. [SPOILERS for Grimm]

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12. [SPOILERS for Twisted]

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13. [WARNING for ephebophilia]

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14. [WARNING for suicide]

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(Anonymous) 2014-03-22 04:58 am (UTC)(link)That said, it's not reductive if you've considered what the age of consent is actually there for. It's not to stop people who are not yet considered adults from having sex entirely. It's there to stop people who are already considered adults from taking advantage of the inexperience, vulnerability, and dependence of those who are not.
Generally, teens can have sex with their peers with little to no penalty (the little penalty there is is too harsh, in my opinion), but the age of consent is there to separate the kids from the adults just like all the other privileges and responsibilities the adults have that kids don't. Some of those teenagers may truly be ready to partake in intercourse with an adult, but that hard line is meant to tell everyone when they're supposed to start taking on the role of a free, independent person. If they're not free or independent in all the other senses, and they're having a sexual relationship with someone who is, there is a significant power imbalance there just by virtue of the fact that one party is legally considered free and independent, and the other is not.
If sex as an adult is presented BEFORE the rest of the adult package, this causes accountability problems as well as issues pertaining to the autonomy of the person who is still under the thumb of all the adults in their life. Until they can move freely as an adult, they shouldn't have sex with adults. They should stick to other teens until they hit that adult mark.
Is my position a little more clear now?