Oooooo. Clever.

(I’ve only been on Lemmy for a short time. Is there anyone here with an IQ over 85?)

EDIT: this place is teeming with vile scumbags

So I easily smash your dumb argument, and you immediately reach for the ad hominem.

Cool.

You have zero substance. I provided a clear argument showing how you are completely wrong, and you bla bla bla about nothing. Embarrassing, dude.

The “brain fully developed” thing is a really stupid urban myth. It has been thoroughly debunked.

In fact in many ways the teenage brain is superior to older brains. Arguably our brains decay from about age 13 on.

“finish developing” is a giant red herring.

Our brains and bodies never stop changing. There is no point of “finish developing”. and even if there was that doesn’t mean that people before that point are stupid. The whole idea is garbage that bigots use to justify hating on specific demographic.

and “lacking any real life experience”? well, sure, because we barred them from entering adult society. They have been legally and socially prevented from gaining any of that experience. That’s not a problem with them, that’s a direct result of us treating them like shit, and creating a problem that need not exist.

Power imbalance arguments are nonsense because

existence of power =/= abuse of power

and even if it did (which it obviously doesn’t) we still have no way to measure power. As in the example above. Maybe he was exploiting her, or maybe the other way round. Or maybe no one was exploiting anyone and they were just in love.

We can read tabloids and be judgemental weasels 'till the cows come home and it doesn’t really matter, but if people are claiming that “power dynamics” prove that sex is rape, well now we’re talking about a serious felony. It would be atrocious to put someone in prison based on the absurd bullshit people yap about power imbalances.

All relationships have power imbalances. One party is always taller, stronger, better-looking, richer, smarter, better-connected, more savvy, more charismatic, etc.

This new dogma that says “power imbalance = abuse” is ridiculous AF. It’s amazing people can repeat it with a straight face.

Is this woman 16 or 26 ?

There is literally no way to know. Teens are identical to 20-somethings.

I mean exactly what I wrote.

The vast majority of brain development happens during puberty. Nature gives you an adult brain to go along with your adult body simultaneously. Which by the way, is the only system that would make any sense.

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