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Also with sexuality. My worry is that with the American cultural imperialism through Hollywood our European liberal approach to sexuality will become more purit

by foepys 6y ago

Also with sexuality. My worry is that with the American cultural imperialism through Hollywood our European liberal approach to sexuality will become more puritanical. E.g. sex only after 18, teenage sex is more or less illegal (19y/o with a 17y/o). Friends of mine already think that American laws around sexuality are valid worldwide and sex with an under-18 is forbidden. Which is absolutely false in the case of Germany.

kevin_thibedeau 6y ago
It's only crazy conservative states like California with the strict age cutoffs.
- anthk 6y ago
  >conservative >California Hollywood told us otherwise to Europeans, them.
  - Natsu 6y ago
    California hasn't voted conservative since 1988. The cities are deep blue, though there are some red areas outside of the cities.
- dang 6y ago
  Please don't add flamebait. If you want to make a factual point, great, but do so without swipes. We don't need regional flamewars here, or nationalistic flamewars, or any flamewars. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- gruez 6y ago
  That's trivially disproven. Using the snake graph from fivethrityeight[1] as a proxy for "crazy conservative"-ness, three[2] of the top five liberal states don't have "strict age cutoffs" (which I interpret as having a lower age of consent that's limited by the partner's page). On the other hand, three[3] of the top five conservative states do have "strict age cutoffs". [1] https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-forecast/ https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-forecast/ [2] Vermont, Hawaii, Maryland [3] Wyoming, West Virginia, Idaho
abruzzi 6y ago
Age of consent in the US varies from state to state, with the lowest being, I believe 14 years old in some states. The "18 or older" mentality probably has more to do with working in porn, hence all the "barely 18" type labels.

by foepys 6y ago

kevin_thibedeau 6y ago

It's only crazy conservative states like California with the strict age cutoffs.

anthk 6y ago
>conservative >California Hollywood told us otherwise to Europeans, them.
- Natsu 6y ago
  California hasn't voted conservative since 1988. The cities are deep blue, though there are some red areas outside of the cities.
dang 6y ago
Please don't add flamebait. If you want to make a factual point, great, but do so without swipes. We don't need regional flamewars here, or nationalistic flamewars, or any flamewars. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
gruez 6y ago
That's trivially disproven. Using the snake graph from fivethrityeight[1] as a proxy for "crazy conservative"-ness, three[2] of the top five liberal states don't have "strict age cutoffs" (which I interpret as having a lower age of consent that's limited by the partner's page). On the other hand, three[3] of the top five conservative states do have "strict age cutoffs". [1] https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-forecast/ https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-forecast/ [2] Vermont, Hawaii, Maryland [3] Wyoming, West Virginia, Idaho

abruzzi 6y ago

Age of consent in the US varies from state to state, with the lowest being, I believe 14 years old in some states. The "18 or older" mentality probably has more to do with working in porn, hence all the "barely 18" type labels.