How did we get the specific age number for Age of Consent, Age of Voting, Gun ownership, Driver License, etc.. when age is often subjective for maturity?

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Not a pedophile, just wondering.

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Answer 1

Well, you have to have the standard. 18 is a breakpoint many consider to be a cognitive developmental breakpoint and ideally you would want to enable someone between that time and the time that they start to decline, but to be frank there’s much about this area we don’t fully understand so YMMV if someone’s gonna “uhh ackshually” me. Also, these things do change. Before the Vietnam war, the voting age in the US was 21. Age of consent already varies by state. Gun ownership varies around the world.