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To: Lane3 who wrote (1662)	3/7/2002 8:59:58 AM
From: E	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

Did you notice New Mexico? 17 for heterosexual sex and 13 for homosexual? That is very odd to me. Un-PC comment about my personal feelings: I would have been much more upset to have my son seduced by a male at the age of 13 than by a female.

To: Lane3 who wrote (1662)	3/7/2002 10:01:57 AM
From: thames_sider	Respond to of 21057

I missed the NM ages. My guess is that generally, it's been a conflict between homosexuality becoming less unacceptable (so age lowers) but children are kept as that for longer (so the age rises). And some countries don't distinguish, so the age stays young: 14 is more than old enough, on average, to reproduce - implying that the individual is physically ready for marriage. Ever read "David Copperfield"? It's ranked as Dicken's best, or top 3 - but I really wonder about the age of Dora, described in the book as his 'child-wife'. She may well have been barely 12...