You might be correct, but if you are basing that on the age of consent your reasoning is awful.
I wish that there was a better way to distinguish between competent humans and children other than age. But I don't know of one.
Who should be free to muck up their life with irresponsible sex? I don't want 14yo to have that freedom.
I am a serious prude. I had a lot of irresponsible sex when I was young. Call me a hypocrite if you want, I see it as the voice of experience.
Tom