Actually, the established concept of 'age of consent' was to prevent excessive prostitution in the 19th century United Kingdom. The other problem with age of consent is that there will always be people who can't consent after the 'age of consent' of a given country or state.
Laws dealing with personal issues are never meant to be perfect.
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Originally Posted by IamKira
it's because america's laws are based off a populous who blindly follow christian dogma. that "christian" attitude has trickled into the laws of the country.
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As for the American legal traditions itself, which came from the British legal traditions, I'll just put this here. I'll leave the rest up to you.
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