@naturalmikey , The age of consent is a bit of a grey area thats hard to judge a set age.
Its really weird to think about it from the current societal narrative but only a few hundred years ago (and for most of history before then) having sex with and taking wives at age 14-16 was pretty common practice.
Casanova perported seducing a 14 year old at age 30ish (I think if memory serves me right) and he showed no remorse or or regret in his autobiography about it. Many men 10-15 years their elder took wives aged 14 pre-20th century.
The moral lens of age of consent is uncertain depending on what lens or time period you look at it through.
I personally think 14 years old is a bit young but age 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 is all a bit murky in drawing a hard black n white line.
Personally I have zero moral qualms targeting and seducing an 18 year old. Whats the difference between 18 and 17.5? So maybe 17 should be the age of consent. Ok if 17 is the age of consent what about the 16.75 year old girl who's more physically and emotionally developed than most of her 18 year old peers? Should just she be exempt from the the 17 year old age of consent? Well if she's exempt why not just lower it to 16 then?
Thats why so many states in the US are so undecided in setting the age of consent. The whole purpose for age of consent is to prevent girls from being taken advantage of afterall. Of course their are stipulations such as the Romeo and Juliet law which believe it or not allows a 21 year old man to date and have sex with a 14 year old girl!! (assuming the parents are OK with it)
A girl I dated a few years back had a 14 year old sister who was VERY promiscuous and slept around with many guys over 18 (she had a partner count of +30 by age 15). She'd aggressively pursue and seduce older guys (and was quite good at it). I guess a lot of these guys followed the reasoning that "hey this girls thirty and she's obviously gonna find someone to do it with if I turn her down, might as well be me".
But there is no denying that women by the age of 14 are indeed ready for child rearing. So is that God's way of setting the age of consent?
If there was a nuclear war and ten 15 year old girls survived and ten 30 year old men survived and they were going to rebuild and repopulate the world, it would be a bit silly to wait 3 years to pair up and take a wife just because THEN its moral... even though they know they're going to spend the rest of their lives together anyway.
My point is that the morality of "age of consent" changes based on the socially accepted norms of the times and the context of the situation. Its not quite as black and white as 18+ = adult and 1-17 = child.
I don't think anyone on this forum is actively condoning trying to target and seduce 16 yrs old and less girls but more so beautiful girls that are legal to hook up with. If a 17 year old girl is on board and attracted to a 37 year old that's between them to make up their minds if they feel comfortable with it.