>>9245091
>legality doesn't change how disgusting something is
Right, social norms dictate that and those are ever changing and unstable and thus relatively unreliable indicators. It wasn't even that long ago that nobody would bat an eye to a teenaged bride in the western world.
For the most part, men are biologically motivated to search for sexually ripe mates. It's through rigorous social conditionings that men are taught to repress such urges, but sure enough to see how popular it is for "teen" to be thrown as a search term in porn even if the girl in the porn is clearly not a teen. 18 is considered a magical "Finally legal, yesss!!!" age very openly; but nobody wants to sit down and think about the implication behind such a concept. The very much desired sexual mate is off limits because of societal rules, but very much desired.
That being said, 15 and 16 are usually more that sweet spot, in mid puberty when sexual traits are more developed and hormones are on full blast.
Not that I'm advocating for anything, just playing a bit devil's advocate. By 14 your body is sexually active, you'll have sexual urges, and personally I feel as if society puts sex on too high of a pedestal. Sex isn't magical, it isn't dark magic, you just please each other like a mutual backrub. With protection, there's no real issue so long as both parties are willing. The only real issue I can see is the possibility of older men using their age and power to manipulate and intimidate those younger than them, but this problem doesn't magically go away when they're 18.