# Respectable  Sex

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respectable-sex/374781>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 30, 2006, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respectable-sex/374781 "2006-09-30T23:07:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respectable-sex/374781/41 "2015-06-24T14:13:38Z")

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> [@Arcite](#):
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> I think it’s interesting that as American society has become more loose about sexual morality in general, it has at the same time become _more_ strict about sex between minors and adults.

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[li]All that busybodying has to be channeled somewhere. Better to put it where it’s actually useful.[/li][li]As we get more open sexually, it is both more apparent when someone is having sex with a minor and less understandable.[/li][li]As society becomes more sexualized, there’s more fear of that enveloping kids.[/li][/ul]

Pick one or add your own

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**Author:** ![Hector\_St\_Clare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5ac83/32.png) [@Hector\_St\_Clare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hector_St_Clare)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respectable-sex/374781/42 "2015-06-24T14:39:41Z")

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> [@UDS](#):
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> It’s 17 in Ireland, Cyprus, South Australia and Tasmania. It’s 18 in Malta and Turkey.

I don’t think I would consider Cyprus or Turkey part of the west. Except possibly in the geopolitical sense.

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