<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>CMD wrote</title><author_name>CMD (npub1q8…30a7d)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub1q8srwqj2c093nm25ygpf5ltve3f6ecdq8tah9rtntut4jggkme2qc30a7d</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>Age of consent should certainly be revisited periodically in society as we develop/degrade.&#xA;&#xA;I have said it elsewhere, but 18 is a little low for the US - preventing children from being prostituted out by their parents is essential, and we do not currently live in a society where parents can simply be trusted to not act in such a fashion. &#34;A few months after the acquisition of a high school diploma&#34; is better, and so setting a date of consent at &#34;the 30th of August after the 18th birthday&#34; is better, as that is when a teenager can be expected to be out from under the thumb of their parents.&#xA;&#xA;This logic obviously does not apply to better societies, it is just the case for the shithole that is the US.</html></oembed>