ITT: DaGuru tells it like it is.
Much respect, friend. Your ability to rationally analyze a situation and eloquate your thoughts without falling into the trap of boring, nonsensical social cliches is something that is desperately lacking on this forum and throughout society in general.
Keep on fighting the good fight.
Thanks, brutha. Trying my best over here, and lots more where that came from. Most importantly, proud to report that my "outside the box" thinking is also being passed along to my son so he doesn't become an unthinking sheep just following the masses because he's been conditioned to. Funny, but I've used the term "social cliches" with him oftentimes when trying to give him a more practical and real world view of things...and here you are now using that exact same verbiage.
Keep on keepin' on, bud.
So if you think a 13 year old can give informed consent then why not a 10 year old? 8 year old? Why can't children give consent as soon as they intellectually know what the word means? There is nothing about sexual maturity that enables good decision making, pubescent children have no significantly greater cognitive abilities than prepubescents. The "derp derp, puberty" argument doesn't work and purely as arbitrary as the line it seeks to replace. If anything pubescent children are at higher risk of undesirable outcomes from sex.
Wow, if you really can't understand the differences between a 13 year old and an 8 year old....whether sexually, physically, and emotionally....then you need to get serious and substantial help. But then again, what more could we expect from some introverted weirdo that pretends to be a guy-girl (or is it girl-guy?) just to get attention from complete strangers on the internet. Clearly you aren't playing with a full deck in regard to social interactions as a whole, much less a reasonable understanding of human sexuality in the least.
ProTip: Go Google the word "puberty" (instead of mocking something you know NOTHING about) and spend a few dozen hours studying up on the physiological and hormonal differences between an 8 year old and 13 year old. I sure as fuck ain't gonna waste my time educating some weirdo like yourself about the birds and the bees, and the simple facts of life. Maybe if you paid attention in health class and quit obsessing over computer science, this whole subject matter wouldn't be so foreign and uncomfortable for you.