But adults are held fully responsible for their own actions and the consequences of them. Minors aren't.
I don't know the specifics, but children can be tried as adults for certain serious offenses
And for the second point, you should argue with your own laws for choosing 18 as the age of consent.
I don't really have a voice as I'm not a citizen of Virgina. My state's age of consent is 16
The law chose that age to protect everyone under it. Maybe it shouldn't be a blanket treatment of all minors, but it is, for their safety.
Maybe some paedophiles aren't going to abuse people this age. But some will.
It doesn't make sense that someone can commit a crime against
themselves. You can't steal from yourself, you can't murder yourself (As far as I know, in countries that do outlaw Self Delete, the charge isn't murder); it just doesn't make sense. It's also silly that, under there state's laws, they are legally allowed to
actually have love, but not to see
pictures of each other.
You can say these laws are protecting him as much as like, but that's just bullstuff. If he is found guilty of these charges, he'll be labeled a love offender, have felony charges, all that stuff, for taking pictures of
himself. As a registered love offender and felon, it can be very hard to find a job and home. His life will be destroyed by some laws that are "protecting" him
How is exchanging naked pictures not undesired loveual behavior?
NO ONE is saying it's not a crime
He's saying it's HARRASSMENT, not ABUSE