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Are Europeans pedophiles?

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Doctorbeanjuice · 07/06/2012 16:14

In Europe the legal age for sex is really low - like 14 in Germany, Portugal, Italy and Austria. In Spain its 13!!!1 This means a 40 year old man can legally have sex with a 14 year old as long as it is consensual (without coercion etc).

Does this mean the Europeans are pedophiles? Does it mean it's legal to be a pedophile in Europe?

OP posts:
PercyPickle · 07/06/2012 17:06

There are some advantages to having no teeth.

Gurning for instance.

FrothyOM · 07/06/2012 17:07

"Our teeth are bad due to the fruited scones. And the fornicating of course."

OMG why didn't my dentist warn me semen rots your teeth!

RandomNumbers · 07/06/2012 17:07

ooh ABF you are a mathemagician

AdventuresWithVoles · 07/06/2012 17:07

I wanted to have sex when I was 13. Very badly. . Felt quite terrified that I might get to the mighty old age of 16 without popping my cherry.

In reality I was 19 before it happened. Would have slit my wrists had I known that when I was 13.

All this talk of scones is very north because I don't have any in the house.

US teens lose their virginity on average younger than Spanish ones, though I don't know which source is most authoritative for citing that, but there are dozens that basically find the same thing.

noddyholder · 07/06/2012 17:07

Half term

Doctorbeanjuice · 07/06/2012 17:07

OMG pls take me seriously, you make light of such an important issue.

If it's OK for a man to have sex with a 16 year old then, by your logic, it's OK for a man to have sex with a 14 year old. As long as he says 'I love you', and buys her a new trampoline.

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Hullygully · 07/06/2012 17:08

I thought 16 was the age of consent..?

SchrodingersMew · 07/06/2012 17:08

And you bastards have made me want scones! Angry

TuftyFinch · 07/06/2012 17:08

You can'y buy scones in America. Apart from in Wisconsin. Who knew? Did you know Mr BakedBean?

Why are you called Mr BakedBean? Is it your real name?

FrothyOM · 07/06/2012 17:08

COCK SUCKING ROTS TEETH LADIES

AmazingBouncingFerret · 07/06/2012 17:08

Anyway i had a scone yesterday. It was still warm from the oven and yes. I put the cream on first and then glooped a spoonful of jam on top.

storminabuttercup · 07/06/2012 17:08

So 16 is not ok as it's only three years more than 13, but 18 is 2 years above 16, which is also wrong. So should it be 20? But then that's only 2 years older than 18, which by your reckoning should also be wrong....

You do see where this could go don't you?

FWIW I was having sex at 16, the good sex came much later (and with a much older man) the practice was useful though

Hullygully · 07/06/2012 17:08

What if she lives in a flat? Where's she gonna put the damn trampoline?

headfairy · 07/06/2012 17:09

trampoline, OMG no! I'd expect him to buy her at least a new Xbox.

AbsofAwesomeness · 07/06/2012 17:09

What do trampolines have to do with anything?

And you do realise, right, that Europe is not one country? Each country legislates on its own on such issues.

OracleInAMonarchale · 07/06/2012 17:09

Surely you don't smoke cigars... If monica lewinsky taught us nothing its the dangers of smoking cigars!

OracleInAMonarchale · 07/06/2012 17:09

Surely you don't smoke cigars... If monica lewinsky taught us nothing its the dangers of smoking cigars!

NarkedRaspberry · 07/06/2012 17:09

Don't mention contraception Headfairy Shock

SchrodingersMew · 07/06/2012 17:09

And what if she ends up pregnant? Trampoline will be useless after that...

PercyPickle · 07/06/2012 17:10

Why are all the men getting the sex? And why is it an under age girl?

What happens to a 15 year old boy's brain if he has sex with a 21 year old woman?

And what will happen to your brain OP if you imagine two men doing it?

Hullygully · 07/06/2012 17:10

No they don't absy. They all have to have exactly the same bananas and trampolines as sexy time gifts.

Brussels said.

AmazingBouncingFerret · 07/06/2012 17:10

Plus I played Croquet on the lawn it was all terribly English what with all the crappy teeth and peadophiles.

cory · 07/06/2012 17:11

Doctorbeanjuice, as yet there is no European law that specifies that our 16yos have to have sex with middle-aged partners, nothing at all that stops them from making out with their 17yo boyfriend. Not even in European countries with a Labour government.

If my 14yo had a 21yo boyfriend, I would be quite surprised and wonder what was wrong with him, because my experience tells me that most 21yos are looking for a bit more in terms of maturity and experience.

You otoh seem to think of a large age gap as something that naturally springs to mind. Not to most of us, it doesn't.

DulcetMoans · 07/06/2012 17:11

Right, that's it - no sex for anyone! It's the safest way!