No, 12 year olds cannot consent.

[lyson]

twitter.com/wrong_speak/status/1618590726782353411?s=46&t=mtT5I3nmNkfIwzYPvhTInA

Link to a video on Twitter where a man is saying that there could be "exceptional" 12 year olds who could consent to sex with an adult.

Where is all this heading?

It is illegal for a child under sixteen to have sexual intercourse , ‘consenting’ or not. So anyone who is facilitating this activity is an accessory to illegal behaviour.

No, we should not as a society be okay with grown men wanting to rape our children. I honestly think people like this man shouldn't be part of our society

You’re not alone at all. So many on here have the mentality that everyone else is doing it so it’s ok when it’s totally not the case. It’s as though the expression ‘everyone else is doing it’ negates any parental responsibility.

I worked with a woman who told us that she was 13 when she lost her virginity to her 19 year old paedophile boyfriend and if you had spoken to her at the time she would have told you that she loved him and that it was completely her decision to have sex with him. Looking back now as an adult she can see that it was not right and he groomed her.

It's not a majority view. It is absolutely abnormal and most parents would be devastated if it were their child.

Vile.

If this dude came within 20 foot of my kids I’d knock his teeth out

This is wrong. The age of consent in Nigeria is 18.

This man should be heading to Prison (and throw away the key).

So many on here have the mentality that everyone else is doing it so it’s ok when it’s totally not the case. It’s as though the expression ‘everyone else is doing it’ negates any parental responsibility.

We don't though.

I have been here a long time now. And those posters who say "everyone is doing it" are a tiny, tiny minority.

On the other hand the ones who celebrate it and are all jolly hockey sticks are not from round here! I know....taps side of nose!

Makes me feel physically sick, what future for our children.

I’m old enough to remember a time when men wouldn’t dare talk openly about their perversions like this,
unfortunately, if things carry on as they are, this will become normal and the pressures on the very young will be enormous,
I can’t bear thinking about it, it is so, so disgusting, and depressing.

I don't think any 13 year should be having sex ,but what if it was two.13 year olds having sex with each other ?

12 year olds can say yes and want sex - that is not the same as consenting.

They are not emotionally developed enough but to fully understand consent and I guarantee everyone who had sex young (including myself) believed we wanted it at the time but when we look back we were definitely taken advantage of.

In that case you can't say that one is abusing the other. But parents should try their absolute best to prevent it and make it clear they won't condone or facilitate it.

@ZeroFuchsGiven

Like the OP there are people who believe this.
There will also be peados on here too.

But sometimes some people on here just come on to act like dicks and get a rise out of people because they have nothing better to do.

I believe the majority of the population agree with you and the rest of us on this thread.

I didn’t read that thread but it sickens me to think someone was trying to justify it.

12 year olds cannot consent to sex with an adult, no. These men and their boundary pushing gets ever more dangerous. As a side note, I told DH this morning that paedophiles were trying to rebrand themselves as Minor-Attracted Persons (MAPs) and he was so visibly shocked he could not find any words of response.

I don't think any 13 year should be having sex ,but what if it was two.13 year olds having sex with each other ?

You go to the other parent of the 13 year old and discuss how, between 4 ADULTS you can make sure that this isn't happening. You don't have to avoid parenting your children.

Yep. And I won’t be told I’m just ‘not enlightened enough’ to think sex with children is okay.

Yes same here. Men use to keep quiet about stuff like this. Now it seems to be ok. Didn’t Peter Tatchell say something similar?

Not trying - it is happening.

I was a teen in the 80,s and it was far more common for young girl,s 13/14,15 yr olds too have boyfriends in their late teens early 20,s it was alway ,s gross but it seemed more acceptable to.some at the time ,thankfully times have changed .

Oh, sorry the website is wrong. It said copyright 2023 on the bottom. That sucks.

I saw it this morning and I am disgusted. It's outrageous to see individuals talking about this and looking happy. Paedophilia is being normalised under our eyes and I'm loosing faith in humanity.

Ironically I had to tell Twitter my age to be allowed to see the video.

I then couldn't watch to the end. The rage was debilitating.

To the police station, court, prison, the sex offenders register, unemployment.....

All manner of degenerates have managed to browbeat the population into accepting their disgusting lifestyles by altering language used to describe themselves and to have people who object villified and cancelled, so it stands to reason it's only a matter of time before the government lowers the age of consent in order to not appear to be discriminating against paedophiles. People like us will be branded paedophilophobic and visited by the police who will threaten us with arrest - this has already happened to someone I hasten to add.

Expect to be regularly bombarded with brainwashing material aimed at forcing the population into accepting more and more paraphilias in public places as well. Perhaps training days at work to force everyone to accept Dave from accounts when he turns up to the office in a pink baby doll outfit with his genitalia on full display.

Think I'm exaggerating? Just look how far we've fallen in the last 10 years.

Well medical consent is another matter. I dont think a 12 year old should be able to consent to sex or puberty blockers but I do think they should have a say, and sometimes a very major say, about what happens medically to their body if they are able to understand what they are deciding. As a parent that can be pretty scary, esp in combination with serious illness or big life-changing decisions but would you refuse a 13 year old girl an abortion - or insist a 14 year old had one? Or insist a 12 year old have an above the knee amputation to improve mobility against their will?