
18 year olds are allowed to vote, they’re allowed to go to war, they’re allowed to work and buy a house, I’m pretty sure they can fuck whoever they want. If you want to raise the age of being an adult to 25 because you don’t think maturity happens before then, apply it to everything
I think it SHOULD apply to everything. The reason you can’t drink until you’re 21 is because of your brain development (and they tried to move it further back but it was public argument that didn’t allow that), and for insurance you aren’t kicked off until you turn 26. 18 year olds have SOME rights as adults but not all of them. While you can go to war, that’s strictly because of government greed for exploitable and strong soldiers and not because they have developed brains
She’s still a teenager (a very young adult who isn’t mature/fully developed) and he is a grooming pedo bc he likes children. 18 and 40 year olds have nothing in common and should not be together. Also 18 isn’t even a legal adult in all U.S. states, bc they are still to young to make adult decisions (besides those traumatized into adults as kids)
Not to say 18 and 40 is a morally correct relationship (I don’t encourage nor condone it, there are copious ethical concerns, don’t get me wrong!), but as a mid 20s gal who dabbled with wealthier, stable, older men when I was 18-21, I did earn a lot of cash and outlook on the realities of the world😭 no student debt, nice car, stacked savings, etc etc. sometimes you gotta play the system🫣