Oh no my friend, 18 is the age of majority, with almost all the rights of an adult. You’re talking about the age of consent. In the US, only 10 states peg that at 18, the rest are 16 & 17. And for anyone that finds that particular fact icky, do not for the love of god look at an EU map!
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freebee@sh.itjust.works 23 hours agoBecause it’s still really gross if a 50yo man is dating a 18yo girl. 18yo are really quite childish still, behaviour, decision making. 18 just happens to be the legal threshold in most places, but imo it only gets not weird at 25 or older dating whatever old age, than it’s really just two adults
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FavouriteShapes@sh.itjust.works 22 hours ago
a graph showing that the upper and lower bound for acceptable dating age is set by “half your age plus seven”
This is the rule. I honestly can’t really fault it, it just feels right for so many different ages