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hmmmm, seems to be the real problem with Ms Delaware's choice to do porn at 18 is that she lives in a society that judges her for it...I haven't been following the story but has she described anything harmful about her experience in porn? I know she's referred to it as a 'mistake' but realistically it would take a lot of courage to say "fuck yeah, I did it and I don't regret it", so I can't say I fault her position even if it doesn't reflect how she really feels.
The author seems to be painting her as some sort of victim that should have been protected from making her own choices when it appears that the only thing negatively impacting the chica is a hypocritical society that is ok with using sex to sell everything...except actual porn
I found the tie-in to foster care 'alumni' to be pretty fatuous as well...the author himself states that these supports aren't universal, so how is preventing 18 year olds from doing porn gonna address that issue? Assuming he actually cares and isn't just lazily employing cheap emotional rhetoric, why doesn't he focus on that rather than play benevolent white knight to some chica who clearly didn't ask for his appraisal of her choices? At any rate, the reality that many 18-21 year olds benefit from some sort of financial support as they transition into being fully self-sufficient adults doesn't negate the ability of people in said age range to make choices about what to do with their own bodies.
as to the arbitrary age requirements in the US in general...it will never make sense to me that someone can go to war but can't legally order a drink at 18. On that level, there is an argument to raise the age to 21 (in line with say, dancing or drinking), but let's not pretend that's not arbitrary.
the "is 18 an adult" issue only ever seems to arise when it involves 'all-American' white youth, particularly women. Annoying as hell.
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