My opinion when these discussions come up is that people who use this argument firstly do not understand themselves sex well. I attribute this to religious institutions who are weak when it comes to sex. Such statements as sex is a sin, lust is a sin of the flesh... etc. I think these come from a genuine misunderstanding of sex, and possible dislike of it. By extension these adults project their own aversion to sex onto kids thus giving the argument that kids cannot consent. I think even this adult who you are chatting to does not fully consent to sex. On a more somber note, I believe that the whole western philosophy, and by that I mean also politics... etc., is based on the least amount of sex role in society. Therefore we have the abstinence only education, sex to be immoral before marriage, and that sex being for procreation purposes. I started to explore my sexuality when I was 6. I did not have a problem with it. I had two bad experiences with adults but had the other adults (my father) been more willing to talk about sex and discuss it these two incidents with the adults could have been dealt with. I am pretty sure that many children also have the capacity and knowledge to explore their sexuality at a very young age as I have. Interestingly the sexual experiences I had were with boys my age growing up, so since no one talked about sex with their kids I really enjoyed it as there were no restrictions. By the time I was 15 years old I had so many boy partners. Since then I never had sex :(. |