Here lies the problem. There's a reason why there are age of consent laws, it's because teenagers, while being able to have sex, are also not mentally developed enough to fully grasp the weight of the consequences of their actions. Their hormones are raging, so they'll be ready to have sex at the drop of a hat without a care in the world, and there are full grown adults who DO have a full grasp of consequences who are using this fact to take advantage of young, naive children. Yes they're teenagers, but still children. This is why we call these people predators. It's even worse when you are supposed to be an authority figure of which parents trust you to watch over and help guide their children in the right direction, by fukking around with them you are basically manipulating them for your pleasure. If anything, they should make these laws harsher. You are looking at this from the perspective of your 16 year old self, that's nowhere near a rational way of thinking. This has nothing to do with whether or not they're ready to fukk, they're too young to make rational decisions, hence these laws. You can get pregnant, stds, etc....yes I know, they can get that from other teens too, but that's far different from a grown authority figure taking advantage.