Not defending Ted, but almost all musicians start their careers as teenagers... they sing about teenage love, sex, etc.. Annnnnd... when you’re in a band and your 17, 18, 19 years old there’s a really good chance that you’ll “hook-up” with the opposite sex that may be younger than you. I’m not going to turn this into a morality debate but when I was in high school I know full well that as a senior I was hooking up with freshman girls who were four years younger than me... and I was 18 when I was a senior. Do those girls dads deserve to kick my ass - back then yes - and hopefully their daughters ass would get a beating too because it took two to tango and to say these girls were aggressive would be an understatement.
I think what a lot of people especially the hipster generation are forgetting is... back let’s say prior to 1990 it was very common for kids (teenagers) to get married right out of high school. And even more so in the 50s, 60s and 1970s. Some may think that “teenage sex” is taboo but it’s a fact of life. And it happens ALL THE TIME. In fact it’s as old as time itself. It’s literally how our species survives. Now, does it cross the line when a person is 21 and the teenager is 17 or 18... well I met my wife she was 21 and I had just turned 18. We didn’t marry until 10 years later but to say she was hmmm, acting inappropriate oh yeah, I don’t know what the age of consent was in CA back in the 1980s but I’m sure in some states what we did was very much against the law. Do I consider my wife to be a pedophle because we slept together when she was 21 and I was 18? Fuck no. Teenagers do what teenagers do. You may argue that 18 is “old enough” where do we draw the line tho? Obviously there is a line, but God created us to procreate and continue the species... and until modern medicine and the advancements it allows us to live a lot longer mankind was designed to kick out babies when you are teenagers!
So look up when Ted wrote those songs about 13 year old girls I guarantee he was barley 20 years old when he wrote those lyrics.
Not defending Ted, but almost all musicians start their careers as teenagers... they sing about teenage love, sex, etc.. Annnnnd... when you’re in a band and your 17, 18, 19 years old there’s a really good chance that you’ll “hook-up” with the opposite sex that may be younger than you. I’m not going to turn this into a morality debate but when I was in high school I know full well that as a senior I was hooking up with freshman girls who were four years younger than me... and I was 18 when I was a senior. Do those girls dads deserve to kick my ass - back then yes - and hopefully their daughters ass would get a beating too because it took two to tango and to say these girls were aggressive would be an understatement.
I think what a lot of people especially the hipster generation are forgetting is... back let’s say prior to 1990 it was very common for kids (teenagers) to get married right out of high school. And even more so in the 50s, 60s and 1970s. Some may think that “teenage sex” is taboo but it’s a fact of life. And it happens ALL THE TIME. In fact it’s as old as time itself. It’s literally how our species survives. Now, does it cross the line when a person is 21 and the teenager is 17 or 18... well I met my wife she was 21 and I had just turned 18. We didn’t marry until 10 years later but to say she was hmmm, acting inappropriate oh yeah, I don’t know what the age of consent was in CA back in the 1980s but I’m sure in some states what we did was very much against the law. Do I consider my wife to be a pedophle because we slept together when she was 21 and I was 18? Fuck no. Teenagers do what teenagers do. You may argue that 18 is “old enough” where do we draw the line tho? Obviously there is a line, but God created us to procreate and continue the species... and until modern medicine and the advancements it allows us to live a lot longer mankind was designed to kick out babies when you are teenagers!
So look up when Ted wrote those songs about 13 year old girls I guarantee he was barley 20 years old when he wrote those lyrics.