^^ LOL. Your exaggeration makes a good point.
Roy continually searches for the exception to disprove a general rule. In this case, there is no exception to be found. 12 year old kids, no matter how exceptional haven't yet fully developed their brain. The areas of the brain associated with decision making and understanding future consequences aren't physically fully developed until the ages of 20 to 22. Which is why parents have the role of guiding the kid and responsibility for that kid's choices until they reach the age of majority.
Societies fall apart when they don't raise children into healthy adults. Sex at an early age affects development of the child's brain and can really fuck up that kid's life as an adult especially if the sexual relationship was abusive. Couple that with the early teen or child's poor ability to make decisions and recognize consequences and it becomes clear that society has a vested interest in protecting children and young adults from abuse. In most cases, the responsibility to protect and guide a child's development falls on the parents but other agencies are empowered to step in, especially when abuse is evident. Counter to Roy's strange and unnatural ideas about human social systems, protecting children from abuse is a necessary value in modern society.
