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Is it morally wrong for a 18 year-old man to have sex with a 48-year-old woman (lemmy.ca)

submitted 6 months ago by TrenGoblin@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hypothetically speaking if I a 18 year old man paid a 48 year old woman to have sex with me and I wear a condom and we both consented to it is that morally wrong or is it morally okay?

In my opinion I think it's morally okay if a 18 year old man pays a 48 year old woman to have sex with him as long as they are both consenting to it. Because what they're doing is completely harmless.

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[–] Johanno@feddit.de 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ok now hypothetically:

As long both are fully aware of the consequences of having sex and consent then it would be fine (for any age)

Reality: age of consent exists for the reason that children and teenagers won't be able to make a fully thought through decision. Even if they think they can. Some humans may be able to do so before the legal age and some maybe not after the age of 18.

It would be difficult to determine each humans ability to make decisions so they just said 18 should be sufficient.

[–] TrenGoblin@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

But in reality the age of consent in most countries is 16 which means that teenagers who are 16 and older can consent to have sex with whoever they want.