age of consent uk

It would be a better age and as you say clear up the disparity with adulthood. However 16 was was probably set for practical reasons and would be problematic to change. You don’t really want to criminalise teens for this. I see a strong argument for an age gap rule for under 18s though

do you think age of consent should be 18 in uk not 16 considering 16 year olds are considered childrean legally in uk ?

I'm 20 and I'd feel weird being with anyone under 18, but I'm not very strict when it comes to people that are older than me. The annoying aspect of the time we all spend as a teenager is that we grow up in such a way that someone who is 18 is a lot more mature than someone who's 16 despite only being two years apart. There's no difference at all between someone who's 24 and another who is 26.
I think having it at 16 is the balance between different schools of thought on the age of consent. There are a number of countries where the age is lower, some have it at 13 which is the average age when puberty starts. Even though I think that's far too young, it is vaguely reasonable as that's the age when teenagers start to become interested in it. In practise though, it's a recipe for disaster.
I don't believe that raising it to 18 makes sense. It would be consistent with other things, as they wouldn't be classed as minors, but by that age there will be plenty of people who have had sexual experience without any issues coming from it. As has been said before, raising the age of consent would just cause headaches for 16 and 17 year olds with little benefit. Equally, lowering it is unlikely to increase the rate that teenagers have sex - if they're that determined they'll do it regardless, and I used to know someone who had lost it at 14 and regretted it - but will likely cause even more issues with age gaps.
I think an age gap rule would work but only if it's sensibly laid out. There is no way a 16 year old should be sleeping with a 40 year old and I think most people would agree with me on that, but it is within reason that they'd sleep with a twenty year old, even if I'm not comfortable with it myself. For balance, the age gap rule could be set up so that 16 and 17 year olds could only do it with people up to 4 years older.

You realise that from 1967 until 1994 it was 21 for men being sexual with other men, don't you? (Until 1969, 21 was the 'age of majority', when people were legally adults.) It then went to 18 until 2000, when it was made equal.
And for women, it was 12 for hundreds of years until it was raised to .. 13 in 1875. 16 didn't happen until 1885.
Some people are mature and informed enough to be sexual with other people at 16, some are not (and in some cases, won't be for many years / ever).
16 is absolutely an arbitrary age, but the alternatives are worse.

do you think age of consent should be 18 in uk not 16 considering 16 year olds are considered childrean legally in uk ?

do you think age of consent should be 18 in uk not 16 considering 16 year olds are considered childrean legally in uk ?

Well they're still gonna do it. But as previous users said, an age-gap rule should be in place. In other European countries, the age of consent is really low, but there's an age-gap rule of 4 years when the person in question is under 18. That makes the most sense.

i would agree i find wrong the likes of 60 year olds can date 16 year olds

16 is fine. Raising it to 18 won't stop 16/17 year olds having their first sexual experiences together, it will just criminalise them.

to a degree i agree but if age of consent will always still be 16 i think there should be a few changes like 16 17 year olds can t have sex with anyone more then 4 years older then them to stop much older individuals taking advantage of them as they are not legally adults and once they turn 18 none of that matters

Again, I will ask the question:- TO WHAT EXTENT IS THIS A REAL ISSUE?
As per my previous post, from my experience, the vast majority of grown men choose to wait until he / she is at least 18 anyway. What evidence is there to show that a significant number of older men are seriously interested in 16-17 year olds? Even on this board, real-life examples are few and far between.
If you don't think 16 year olds are physically / mentally mature enough to have sex, full stop, then that's fair enough. But all this talk of much older men taking advantage of 16 year olds, seems to be hyper-focusing on a problem that possibly only barely exists?

Yeah, and mass terrorist attacks barely happen/exists. Just because it is a niche thing on your opinion and isn't common, doesn't mean it should not be adressed and regulated.
Turning a blind eye to something serious just because "it doesn't happen that often" is terrible. What if they was your future daughter or young sister/cousin who was affected, talking to a 60 year old man and it's perfectly legal (God forbid). Then I bet you would be campaigning your ass off for the law to change.

What if you future 18yo daughter or young sister/cousin was talking to a 62 year old man and it's perfectly legal (God forbid).

It's definetley better than 16 though. 16 year olds cannot post explicit content, watch the hub etc but they can have sex? At least 18 makes more sense, they are able to do those things, they have started university, most likley can drive and have a lot more responsibilities and knowledge. Of course it's not good but it's certainly better than 16.

How old are you?