consenting adult
Agreeable mature person
A consenting adult is a person of legal age who agrees to participate in something, especially sexual activity.
The phrase appears most often in discussions of what the law should regulate: What consenting adults do in private is their own business.
It implies that voluntary participation by mature individuals removes grounds for interference.
- grown-upMature person
- permissionGranted right to act
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- legal capacityAbility to hold rights
- sound mindMental clarity and stability
maturity · volition · agreement · capability · willingness · choice · decriminalization · freedom · self-determination · human rights · personal agency · liberty · virginity pledge · sex toy · woman · empowerment · age of majority · free will
consenting adultminor
Scale with lowered third
child · juvenile · infant · adolescent · teenager
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