Age of Innocence Revisited

So, some people fear the "Girls Gone Wild" culture:

Is there anything to be done? Curtailing the demand side of such a "market" is difficult, requiring moralistic sermons and abridgements of speech. But the supply side is more vulnerable to change. It is time to raise the age of consent from 18 to 21--"consent," in this case, referring not to sexual relations but to providing erotic content on film.

Hmmm. Raise the age of consent from 18 to 21?

Ok. Then for military enlistment, how about raising the age from 18 to 21, as well. You know, war is just a different kind of "porn", but it's porn all the same.

This guy continues:

In certain obvious respects, 18 years is old enough to ward off the threat of "child porn." But the "Girls Gone Wild" problem concerns adult porn: At what age is a girl ready to make that decision, one that she will live with--technologically speaking, at least--for the rest of her life? A woman of 18 may be physically indistinguishable from one who is 21, but they are developmentally worlds apart.

Couldn't the same argument be made for our enlisted men and women in the military?

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