After reading a bunch of heated exchanges on Tik Tok regarding the age of consent, I realized those arguing to raise age of consent are actually winning argument after argument.
And then I thought about it, why should age of consent be 18?
As far as I remember, at age 18 I was extremely stupid. The fact that other 18 year olds were impressed by my intelligence at the time, tells me that they were even dumber than me.
I don't think that an 18 year old can consent. If you compare knowledge of 25 year old to that of 18 year old, it's like whole world of difference.
But one more important thing. People at age 18 aren't ready to have kids, so letting them consent just increases risk of pregnancy which is going to be higher likely a defect or abortion.
Ideal age to give birth is 21 to 26, so there is no point in setting age of consent below 21.
Another thing, person shouldn't really be in relationships at age 18. First, because those relationships are virtually guaranteed to be a disappointment and failure. Second, because relationships take away free time and reduce time left for thinking. A person should first take plenty of time to think and develop before making any big decisions which at same time risk reducing reasoning ability.
I think relationship is a big decision, and comes with countless consequences average 18 year old is just not ready for to deal with, when they at same time have to focus on education.
Biggest issue about relationships which I realized is that being alone builds intelligence, while being in relationship takes away free time and leaves less time for thinking.
With all the technology out there, average person doesn't even have a need to be in a relationship. And I don't really see any benefits of 18 year old being in a relationship. It negatively affects education, reasoning, takes away free time and carries a significant risk of pregnancy.