I just really don't care if a 16 year old has sex with a 37 year old versus an 18 year old. Seriously. As long as it's not my child, who I wouldn't want having sex at 16 no matter who it was with (because yes, I am a prude like that), I really couldn't care less. Why on earth should such a thing be legislated??

What about a 15 year old? 14?

You see where I'm going - at some point, you have to draw the line . . . five? 10?

No, what I'm talking about is the idea that it would be legal for a 16 year old to have sex with an 18 year old but not a 30 year old - those kind of age cut-offs. I understand age of consent, but the idea that you can consent only to having sex with someone up to a certain age is really bizarre to me.

I think the idea is that an 18-year-old is not as far removed from adolescence or "innocence" as a 37-year-old. Not saying I agree, but theoretically, it would be a more even playing ground.