Is a 25 y.o. man too old for an 18 y.o. woman?

[MatureDJ]

Evidently, some folks think so ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...relationships-elicit-such-different-reactions

Recent research has indicated that the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain responsible for impulse control, planning and organization, continues to develop until around age 25.

Let me get this straight - because a woman under 25 has not had enough time to "develop", she should be off limits for an "adult". I suppose that such young women should not be getting pregnant, thus leaving about an 8 year window to get pregnant (i.e., some women start to significantly lose fertility at age 33).

And to think, that 15 y.o. Jewish girl ended up going against her father's wishes and marrying a Russian in "Fiddler on the Roof", set in the early 20th Century! Even my grandmother got married at age 17 (to a 35 y.o.!) during the Great Depression! What barbarous times women lived until now! :moon:

 

[Malcontent]

I think that's giving too much credit. I'd say their brains fully develop around 50 years old, if ever.

:crackup:

 

[C-quenced]

Who's "honor and innocence" is society trying to protect? A very large number of high school aged females are more sexually experienced than men of 25+ years of age.

I skimmed through much of the article as this is really a non issue which people just like to make unnecessarily complicated. A sort of systemic stupidity.

 

[latinnova]

It's all about maturity level, and usually it's even hard for me to carry on a conversation with an 18 year old because they are so damned annoying. No, I wasn't hitting on 18 year olds, I had to do college projects with them when I was in school and it was almost like speaking a foreign language communicating with them... "Like totally, like I did, like what... yolo"

 

[evan12]

That is funny , most girls these days have enough social/sexual experience to convert her partner to a puppy for her , I think we should protect these guys not the girls