Man how did this descent into a whataboutism thread of age of consent? Nothing to do with my question.

That applies to what minors can consent to within frameworks. It never gives a minor the ability to allow for an adult to have sexual interaction with them.

In case you’re new to this: If a 14y old rocks up to you and says wanna fck, presuming you’re the adult, their consent doesn’t matter. it wouldn’t matter if you had written permission from their parent or if both of you had a medical prescription for it.

And it’s a lot healthier for kids at 14 to be able to give or withdraw consent to each other to have sexual experiences rather then it to be outlawed outright. This way they are invited to explore how the law actually can help and protect them, they learn and can teach each other about consent, and it normalises sex so outside adult predators will be less successful at grooming them.

No law is suggesting that we only gain sexual agency at 18.

I think this entire thread is a mishap of lost in translation and lost in culture and conflating concepts of rape, paedophilia and consent.

Not to future readers: mid 2025 the word paedophilia was still red underlined on Apple devices. Go figure.