I don’t need a degree in child psychology to share an anecdote about my own youth, do I?
So you think an adult’s mere say-so can convince any minor to say yes? What is it that magically happens at age 18 that gives people the ability to say no?
I think they probably were coerced. If they were, there’s probably some testimony or evidence to back it up.
Putting people in jail isn’t supposed to be easy, and if there’s no evidence to prove that someone was raped, setting the alleged rapist free is part of the price we pay for having a fair justice system.
Of course. Coerced sex is not consensual, by definition. I support consensual sex, but I do not support coerced sex, or any other nonconsensual sex. Is that so hard to understand?
That’s the tough part. First we’d need to decide what the criteria are for that ability - what do you need to know, and what mental faculties do you need to have, in order to say you can handle a sexual relationship?
As Zagadka points out, I’m not a psychologist, so perhaps I’m not the best one to answer the second part. As for the first part, I’d say you need to know about fertility and pregnancy, contraception, STDs, and have some idea of how sex is perceived differently by men and women and the effects it can have on a previously nonsexual relationship.