I want people to respect each other. and unwarranted infantilization is very damaging. Our teens are having a massive mental health crisis right now. They are depressed as hell and killing themselves at rates never before seen. The way we treat them like shit, tell them they're idiots and will be for 10 more years contributes to this.
TealDragon
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Do you have any substance? and real argument?
or just vacuous insults is enough for you?
Everybody has tons of opinions on what they are mature enough for or not mature enough for
but as a matter of simple fact, they are adults.
One method empowers young adults
The other disempowers and infantilizes them.
You're deflecting because you can't argue anything on the merits.
"Brains fully developed at 25" is an urban myth. It has been thoroughly debunked.
Slate did an excellent summary of the debunking:
https://slate.com/technology/2022/11/brain-development-25-year-old-mature-myth.html
#Neurology #Junk #JunkScience #Science #TeensAreAdults #RespectYoungAdults #biology #teens #teenagers #infantilization #ageist #bigotry
Never before in human history have teenagers been as intensely infantilized as they are in the USA right now.
Look at pre-literate societies too.
The idea that we are children until some time in our early twenties is brand new. Nobody ever considered such ridiculous bullshit until about 20 years ago. Now there are huge numbers of Americans thoroughly convinced of this obviously false, vile, bigoted dogma.
Except recognizing basic scientific facts :-D
over 400 million people live in the EU. ages of consent in those countries range from 14 to 16. they have no epidemic of sexual abuse. they're doing just fine. in fact, their rates of teen pregnancy and STIs among teens are far lower than those in the USA. it's clear to me that sex-phobic neo-Puritan hysteria about power-imbalances does far more harm than good. teens are capable of choosing their own partners. we desperately need to stop infantilizing them and telling them they're idiots. it very often becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Yes it has.
and internet randos claiming qualifications they obviously don't have is pathetic trollery.
Your vile insults serve no purpose.
Blocked and reported.