Originally posted by: AreaCode707
Honestly, I advocate a younger age of responsibility for life in general. I think kids are capable of making their own decisions about love, marriage, drinking, military, etc around 16 but we train them not to be, artificially extending adolescence and ignorance way beyond what has typically been the cultural standard throughout history.
But as long as we're extending that period of irresponsibility and emphasizing that kids aren't able to make their own decisions, as long as that's how they view themselves, we're creating a situation where most truly AREN'T able to make those decisions. So in this situation, I think that the babysitter was guilty of child rape, since he was not, either legally, culturally or (trained) mentally an adult.