Young adults are adults. The idea that women shouldn't reproduce for the first 5 years of adulthood is ahistorical and bizarre.
From what I understand, statutory rape laws were passed to decrease out-of-wedlock pregnancy rates, not to address some sort of violence against young women.
Teenagers are not adults. Brains and bodies aren’t fully mature until one’s early 20s and oftentimes babies born to teen mothers have be cared for by grandmothers because the teens simply don’t have the maturity. And will reject the responsibility of caring for a baby. When an adult man pursues a relationship with a girl younger than 22 or so for the purpose of sex, he’s just taking advantage of her curiosity about sex or need for security. Stop rationalizing bad behavior- the facts aren’t on your side.
The term "adult" just means sexually mature and capable of reproduction
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult
A 50-year old person might still be maturing emotionally and mentally. Are they an adult?
Teenagers are adults. That's just basic biology. No one reaches "full maturity" in their 20s. That's ridiculous unscientific garbage 😀
We have raised our teens to be totally unprepared for parenthood. Our culture created that. Other cultures historically did things differently and got different results.
We delay starting families now. That's fine. It's still very important to teach young people about sex, contraception, etc. Also important to provide contraception. We know how to prevent unplanned pregnancies. Let's do that.
Women under 22 are not girls. Calling them that is demeaning and degrading. Infantilizing our young adults caused tons of problems. We need to stop doing that immediately.
Young men and women are perfectly capable of choosing their own romantic partners. Some will get hurt. There will be some sad breakups. That is part of life.
It’s scientific. Look it up.
I have researched it thoroughly.
It's total nonsense.
Neither our bodies nor our brains ever stop changing. Both our bodies and our brains change very quickly during puberty then very slowly for the rest of our lives.
Our 20s are not significant an any way in terms of development.
Wrong. 23 and 25 are significant.
