Thanks for the link.

Religious women who believe it is possible to do so.

"who feared she'd go to the police and reveal what the cult had been really up to — months of ritual rape of the 27-year old woman. All in the name of Jesus."

Not at my level. I moderate a couple of different website, actually. Most of the others are small fry enough I can have that kind of access, but Gawker is in a league of their own.

"That's shoddy reporting. "A few women died — oops, didn't mention how they were all women, btw — but everything's changed because Perez Hilton is nicer these days." Like seriously, that's his thesis! He clearly pitched a story with a specific narrative and didn't want to deviate from it. "

Actually, I'm talking in general. I wasn't responding about the case, but about the OP's point that this is an ethical grey area. Which I don't think it is.

I don't doubt it. Teens are not known for their impulse control skills. That's why responsible adults shouldn't be having sex with them.

That's why I said generally — states set the age of consent, the majority of them (as you noted) have it at 16. You also said 'most other countries' which is why I brought up that list, because it's not true at all.

"The whole "Omg, guys, it's so rough to be hit on all the time, sometimes I just want to listen to my iPod on the train"."

Honestly, I love our surly reputation. But its sort of an embrace of the stereotype.

I can't edit, but I wanted to point out that Canada, UK and US all have the same age of consent (generally), 16.

I have teenagers too. I know that they're interested in sex. I don't think that a responsible adult should be having it with them.

No, it's not. The age of consent in Albania is 14. Its 21 in Camaroon. Its 12 in Panama. 14 in Germany. 13 in Syria. 20 in Tunasia. Are you trying to make the argument that Panama and Syria and Albania are forward thinkers? Teenagers are children. They do not have the mental fortitude or experience to keep from being…

Yep — report them to trollpatrol. www.jezebel.com/trollpatrol/forum Give us a link to the comment or the profile of the commenter and we can take it from there.

No apology necessary! We want to leave room for contrary opinions here.

Seriously. That is a smoking photograph.

Then my comment isn't directed at you. We have our share of people here who can disagree raise contrary points. We have people here who might have contrary points but an inelegant way of stating them.

I'm aware. I was making a joke about my hometown.

I was going to email you, but I'll say it here. This is a really great article and I think you make excellent points. Obviously they ring true for me and judging by the comments, true for a lot of other people.