Why the fuck wouldn’t you just continue the sentence, “…to get their ears pierced?”. There’s no fucking way you just thought everyone would know you didn’t mean sexually since that’s the context “consent” is used in a majority of the time.
You're either just not understanding what I'm saying or you're angry and upset for some reason and refuse to acknowledge the obvious. It's why you can't even claim to be able to walk through the logic that leads to your conclusion.
You're free to be wrong. Consent is rarely talked about in any other context. The only kind of consent that is culturally discussed and is most culturally relatable to everyone is sexual consent.
They ABSOLUTELY talk about consent in other contexts. This includes ear piercing, vaccination, circumcision, and many other medical procedures.
I’ve had many lengthy conversations with people on the internet about our experiences being given drugs or procedures without consent during childbirth, for example.
OP, I think I found the redditor that got you banned. 🙄
I totally get why people might jump to that conclusion if no context is given, but I really find it disturbing that you think the conversation around consent is only about sex.
What do you think is more likely? People going around concerning themselves with the age of sexual consent? Or people having discussions around medical concent, legal concent in regards to privacy laws and user agreements?
It seems to me that it would be a small minority of conversations around sexual concent. It is also usually only ever brought up by weirdos who try to justify their weird positions when there is a pedophilia or rape case in the news. The vast majority of people are on the same page regarding the age of sexual concent and have no interest in even discussing it as it's a pretty clear-cut topic. The only time someone would have to talk about it is when they feel the need to disagree with it in some way.
So, I think you're being biased by your own thoughts. If anything is more like only 5% of conversations regarding consent are about the age of sexual consent. The rest of the discussions would be focused on things like the consent of consumers and patients.
But thanks for letting us all know where your head is at, creep.
PS. I can't remember the last time I discussed the age of consent before now. But I can remember plenty of conversations with people about consumer consent and the predatory practices of corporations. I literally had a conversation last week about user consent and the decisions Microsoft has made with Windows 11.
This isn't a sub full of medical professionals discussing policy. Obviously consent exists outside of a sexual context, it's just nearly all cultural discussion and nuance of consent is based around a sexual context. If you ask about consent to the average person, their first thought is sexual consent. Because it's the most widely discussed and relatable form of consent for everyone.
And to give the benefit of the doubt to reddit, a widely known gaming streamer has just been exposed for sexting a minor, so they could've been asking about this as well. I don't blame them
If yes: if you're both giving affirmative consent, be smart and safe. Obviously this implies no power impalance (mentor/mentee, significantly older teen with young teen, etc.), but otherwise use contraceptives and don't get hurt physically or emotionally and do whatever.
Consent occurs when one person voluntarily agrees to the proposal or desires of another. It is a term of common speech, with specific definitions as used in such fields as the law, medicine, research, and sexual relationships. Consent as understood in specific contexts may differ from its everyday meaning. For example, a person with a mental disorder, a low mental age, or under the legal age of sexual consent may willingly engage in a sexual act that still fails to meet the legal threshold for consent as defined by applicable law.
Counterpoint, this is ignoring half the question asked and removing all context. Sooooo... agree to disagree because I read full sentences and not just half the words.
Counterpoint, this is ignoring half the question asked and removing all context. Sooooo... agree to disagree because I read full sentences and not just half the words.
Did you forget to read the full post?
Today, this got me wondering about what other people think regarding the entire idea of children being able to consent to things. The age to get piercings, tattoos and the like because it's always neat to see another take on a subject.
I read the full texts, not just half of the sentences.
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u/checco314 4d ago
Well, they did read between the lines. They just read the most obvious assumption, instead of the one OP apparently meant.