Today, while pondering my blogging topics, Matt address to me, something that caused me to go into cardiac arrest. HaHa. The age of consent in Canada today is 14 years old! If you are unaware of the meaning of “age of consent,” it means legal age, with consent, that one is allowed to have sex. Are you kidding me?!?!?! Personally, maybe I am a little biast, for I wear a purity ring, promising abstinence, until marriage, but even still, a 14 year old, not even at the end of their adolescence, having sex. That just doesn’t seem right to me. If there is an exception of a 14 year old, being mature enough for sex, I think, that 14 year old has grown up too quickly, probably from traumatic events that happened when they were younger, and are not emotionally stable for sex.
I do not agree with this law,and I am curious to see our class’s opinion. Don’t be afraid to disagree with me, I wrote this for commenting purposes. This law shocked me, but maybe some of you think this is an acceptable age. Mr. Cvetich, I would love to hear what you think about this, because it’s a totally different ballgame, when you have children who these laws may apply to. Thanks for reading!
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November 23, 2007 at 3:38 pm
crogerswo
I agree that the age to young but at the same time if someone IS having sex and fully belives thaey love that person it means parents can’y step in and charge the person they are having sex with…which I think is good. I also think that if kids are gonna have sex they really can’t be stopped if it is what they want.
I don’t fully agree with the age but I think I agree more than disagree.
I mean, Jo what age did u decide abstinence was important? You can’t say that by that age that u decided not to someone can’t decide to. I realize it’s not good at all to be having sex at 14 cuz most arn’t fully informed but…
November 23, 2007 at 3:40 pm
Jess Watson
um ew. there is no way a 14 year old is old enough to be having sex. was it just changed? i could have sworn the age of concent was 16. i guess they figure because more and more people are having sex at a younger age in their desperate scramble to grow up faster. it’s the way the world is turning now, everything has to be faster, more efficiant, make it just a bit faster add a cool colour and then lets make it just abit faster. and honestly jo, i think it’s really cool that you wear a purity ring and that you want abstinence until marrige. it’s really amazing beacuse i know there are pressures to have sex before marrige..but you are really brave to state your values and stick to them no matter what other people say. i know i’ve dropped my morals a few times because of peer pressure but i am finally starting to realize that my morals matter to only one person. me. and if i can’t make myself happy with my choices i need to take a step back and see that my morals are worth more then what my peers say. you are my hero in this respect.
November 23, 2007 at 3:47 pm
Amy Davison
I think that the law can encourages sex, which I very strongly disapprove of. Sex is a HUGE descison, and should be made carefully. At age 14, how many people are capable of making that choice? I know I wasn’t mature enough at 14, and I can’t imagaine most people are. Thats why we live with our parents until age 18 or whatever, so they can help us with our choices, because we’re too young to know better.
14…that saddens me.
November 23, 2007 at 3:49 pm
dwyneswo
I think it’s wrong that kids are having sex at that age. I heard on the news that 4 10 year olds had sex in the classroom. Something is seriously wrong with Western Society if this is happening. Now, I am somewhat biased because I promise abstinence until marriage as well, but 14 year olds aren’t mature enough to do this. I don’t think this is an acceptable age of consent.
November 23, 2007 at 4:00 pm
acressmanwo
I disagree with this, but I am biased because I believe in waiting until marriage. But even if I didn’t, 14 is incredibly young to be giving up your virginity. I can’t even believe that at that age you would have found soemone that you are in LOVE with, love is supposed to be such a deep lifelong thing. I just can’t believe that you would find it by than. Heck I don’t think people often find it until they’re in their 20s! Maybe earlier if you’re lucky, but I think that sex is such a personal intimate thing and is taken for granted by our culture now. Makes me sad, and it also makes it difficult for people like me, and surely you too Jo, who don’t want to partake in that.
November 23, 2007 at 4:05 pm
jcvetichwo
Jo,
The attitude that ‘people will do it anyway so what difference does a law make?’ is weak. There is no perfect answer but not to set a standard is an abdication of our responsibility as adults and role models and leaders in society. Because selecting an age may not apply to everyone does not make it useless for the vasy majority. Because some people come to school stoned does not mean we shouldn’t have a law against it because the vast majority want to know where the line in the sand is and they won’t cross it. So, I believe the age should be at least 16, probably 18, not because of the potential physical implications of STDs or unwanted pregnancies but because most teens under 18 can’t handle the emotional implications of having sex. Too many use sex to gain acceptance or exert power over another. It is not an equal act, a shared experience, but one in which one of the partners has power over the other. I admit that this applies for many people well into their 20s and 30s also, but at some point you must let people sink or swim on their own. I think a lot more relationships would be successfull if both parties realized the emotional implications of having sex.
JoeCool
November 23, 2007 at 4:06 pm
snewcombewo
I would agree that the age is too young. I think 16 may be more plausible. However, who are we to determine this for other people? Who died and made us God? If people want to make that kind of commitment at that age then so be it. They will learn an important lesson the hard way.
I would also be interested to know if your decision to wait for marriage spawns from a religious aspect or was a personal choice.
November 23, 2007 at 6:08 pm
sfutherwo
I had absolutely no idea that the legal consent age was 14, I actually thought it was 18 -where have I been. Anyways I think that age is is far too young. I mean, when I was 14 I was still afraid of girls (well not really but you get the point). But I don’t think that since they changed the age that it will encourage kids just to start humping each other.
Today kids are being taught sex education at the ages of 10 and 11, and my brother is 12, and he is going through the whole ordeal right know (isn’t he lucky?).
I was watching Barbra Walter’s 20/20 a very long time ago and she was asking celebritites what age they lost their virginity at, most said the late teens through to the early twenties until one said, he lost it when he was 12! I was flabergasted -(isnt that a fun word, flabergasted), anyway that is far too young to lose their virginity, you are too young and too immature at that age, no matter who you are.
Anyway to wrap up – too young of age, and I disagree with it.
p.s. very nice post Jo, its good to have a post that strikes conversation and discussion . . .
December 4, 2007 at 3:21 pm
lstrausswo
Wow! I was unaware of this law! This is horrible, no 14 year old child should have sex … they are still a kid and that is just horrible to think they are sexually active. If one has sex they must be willing to take the consquecenses. One being getting pregnant. Could you imagine a 14 year old girl being pregnant. That is just heartbreaking for me. It is unfair for the child. I agree with you Jo, not to have sex till you are married.
December 31, 2007 at 7:12 pm
Victoria Dobson
Oh my gosh!
When someone is 14 they are still a kid, and to think they could potentially have a kid??? That sickens me! I guess i’m biased because i believe in waiting til you get married, but… i still can’t see how anyone could think that 14 is a responsible enough age to make that kind of decision!