I can understand why countries have different ages of consent. Some recognise the point of sexual maturity and some psychological maturity and some fudge the two.

I have grown up in a country where it is normal for 16 year olds to have sex which must seem as odd to those who are used to this being a criminal act as the Netherlands being used to 14 year olds having sex is to me. So, if a 14 year old Dutch girl had sex with a 17 year old American boy, it would be the girl who was the criminal. Bizarre isn’t it?

So you have the situation where someone may get 15 years in the States for making many 15 year old boys fantasies come true and in the UK we have only sent a completely sick bastard down for seven.

It is also of interest to me that we are sexually prejudiced - well I will admit that I am. A fifteen year old boy I presume to be a lucky sod for having a 30 something woman, whilst a thirty something man having sex with a fifteen year old girl would exact a very different response from me.

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