What should be the unrestricted age of consent?

[loinburger]

You don't know whether the guy rapes little boys or was caught naked at an inappropriate place or was 21 and had sex with his 17 year-old girlfriend (in some states).

My friend's barber is a registered sex offender for the crime of Indecent Exposure (also known as Public Urination).

[Ramo]

Why insist on a differentiable function? It should be affine in the age of the older partner up to adulthood (18?), and then be flat. 150 year olds should be able to get some.

[Japher]

I thought being a registered sex offender was a qualification for a barber.

[Drake Tungsten]

150 year olds should be able to get some.

150 year olds have a huge age range to choose from, 82 to 286.

[loinburger]

I thought being a registered sex offender was a qualification for a barber.

"Sorry, can't do kids' haircuts."

[Imran Siddiqui]

Maybe in India.

If by "India" you mean "everywhere"

[Drake Tungsten]

I don't know any 40 year olds who are dating 25 year olds.

[loinburger]

In high school I had a friend whose mom was 25 at his birth and whose dad was 50 at his birth.

[Japher]

Uh, Ted, remember when I asked your mom out to the prom.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I don't know any 40 year olds who are dating 25 year olds.

Not perhaps personally, but you know of people who are violating your formula. For example, Bruce Willis (54) is married to model Emma Heming (31) and no one cares.

[Drake Tungsten]

Uh, Ted, remember when I asked your mom out to the prom.

Missy

For example, Bruce Willis (54) is married to model Emma Heming (31) and no one cares.

Are you really using Hollywood relationships as some kind of proxy for what's socially acceptable to the mainstream of American society?

[Japher]

Not perhaps personally, but you know of people who are violating your formula. For example, Bruce Willis (54) is married to model Emma Heming (31) and no one cares.

I thought the formula was x2-7

[Imran Siddiqui]

Are you really using Hollywood relationships as some kind of proxy for what's socially acceptable to the mainstream of American society?

Yes, as to the reaction they get . When there is no scandel at all (as there is when the age difference is too pronounced - like Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart), that means that people don't see the problem.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I thought the formula was x2-7

It's x/2 + 7.

[Drake Tungsten]

Or (y*2) -14 for the upper bound.