Replying to https://twitter.com/quzzy69/status/1363832065297424384:

@Quzzy18 @Ourlove1sGod @ArbiterMaul @FemeaLetrada @GLlTT3Rl @freethinking100 @UMFL2002 @GauntMadison @l4urrr_ No, ya don't.

One is able to consent when one understands the issue involved.

16 year olds understand sex, and they consent to having sex all the time. In fact they always have, for thousands of years in every corner of the globe.