[thefactor]

So you don't think this adult woman is guilty of statutory rape because the young man is probably able to move on from their dalliance with no emotional damage. Got it.

But if a 26-year-old man had sex with a 17-year-old girl in your extended family, you'd want to string him up because she might be attached to him.

[buwaya]

By George, I think you’ve got it!

Reality is, I think, encoded in traditional social systems and attitudes. Girls/women require extra protection in these matters, because they are much more vulnerable in many ways.

Tradition is a true guide, liberal idealism isn’t. Again, see Edmund Burke.