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Age of Majority: 18 and 19-Year-Old Adults Have Agency and Can Exercise Personal Ownership

Writer: Deric Hollings
Deric Hollings
9 minutes ago
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When serving in the United States (U.S.) Marine Corps, as a Marine Security Guard (MSG) in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, I was introduced to the sister of a Marine’s girlfriend—to whom I’ll refer as “Mousey.” I was 21-years-old at the time and Mousey had recently turned 18-years-old.

 

Noteworthy, in both the U.S. and Brasil, a person aged 18 is within the age of majority (the age defining legal adulthood, as at majority, a minor becomes an adult, assuming legal control over their person, actions, and decisions, gaining new rights, and ending parental rights).

 

Mousey was my date for the traditional ball sponsored by MSGs, for the U.S. Marine Corps Birthday, though we didn’t continue dating thereafter. Still, we were friendly enough with one another that Mousey and I attended the same nightclubs, parties, and other social gatherings.

 

It’s worth noting that at 18-years-old, Mousey was legally able to drink in Brasil. Not merely for all intents and purposes (something essentially true in practice, virtually, or in every important way, even if it’s not technically or completely exact), Mousey was a woman, not a girl.

 

She was a teenager (someone who is between 13 and 19-years-old); yet, relevant to this post, 18 and 19-year-olds are adults, even though they are technically teenagers. I highlight this matter, as U.S. politician Marjorie Taylor Greene (MTG) appears to be confused about this distinction.

 

It doesn’t matter what shenanigans in which one engages concerning the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, and the associated Epstein files, 18 and 19-year-olds are adults. Now, I recently saw an episode of political commentator Jimmy Dore’s YouTube show in which MTG stated:

 

Think about ‘know them by their fruit’ [Matthew 7:16]. The fruit someone produces are your actions and the type of life you live, and everything about you. It’s… it’s who you are and who people see you to be. What has MAGA [Make America Great Again] become?

 

Because when I watched this video, I saw a woman stand up, her t-shirt said ‘Release the Epstein Files,’ which is something I fought for, because women who were raped as teenagers, came to me and told me their stories, and have been fighting so hard to release the Epstein files and got no help, and the Present fought against me, and fought against them, and still won’t release the Epstein files.

 

Perhaps I’m being too charitable to MTG’s worldview by perceiving it as relating to confusion. Regarding this topic, I stated in a blog entry entitled “A Young Woman Is a Child”?:

 

I stated in a blogpost entitled The Terms We Use Matter:

 

If [U.S. Department of Justice; DOJ] records are accurate, from a non-diagnostic standpoint, Epstein and [Ghislaine] Maxwell were ostensibly engaged in hebephilia [the primary sexual interest in early adolescence, typically ages 11–14] and ephebophilia [the primary sexual interest in later adolescents, typically ages 15–18].

 

Yet, from a non-diagnostic or clinical outlook, these individuals were not classified as pedophiles or warrant the label of pedophilia [primary or exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent children, generally age 10 or under].

 

I foresee an ad hominem attack, as someone may unhelpfully state, “Why do you care what terms are used for Epstein and Maxwell? What are you, a chomo [child molester] or something?” I have no particular concern for the reputation of the late Epstein or an incarcerated Maxwell.

 

Rather, I maintain that the terms we use matter, because I’ve worked with pedophiles, hebephiles, and ephebophiles when providing mental health services. While I understand the desire for people to villainize all of these individuals as monstrous pedophiles, they aren’t.

 

Not only have I witnessed people ostensibly denying that women have personal agency and ownership—even 18-year-olds, I’ve observed individuals claiming that younger adult-aged women are children (people between infancy and puberty, not yet of the age of majority).

 

I wholeheartedly disagree with this form of disempowerment (to deprive of power, authority, or influence: to make weak, ineffectual, or unimportant). Rather, I prefer a method of empowering women—a category that begins at the age of 18—to assume personal agency and ownership [as I’ll address these elements momentarily].

 

According to DOJ records, some of Epstein’s actual victims were minors, as young as 14-years-old. That’s immoral and illegal! All the same, as current records indicate, other women—even if teenagers (i.e., 18 and 19-years-old)—were adults.

 

DOJ records indicate that these people also recruited others for Epstein. This ostensibly indicates that MTG’s suggestion isn’t entirely accurate. Any so-called “victim” that was 18-years-old or older was (1) of the age of majority and (2) could exercise personal agency and ownership.

 

Now, I view events through the proverbial lens of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), as I’ll provide a psychoeducational lesson that involves thinking and believing which is rational (in accordance with both logic and reason), or not (i.e., irrational), as it regards REBT herein.

 

Here, “logic” is the interrelation or sequence of facts or events when seen as inevitable or predictable, and “reason” is a statement offered in explanation or justification. For instance, a modus ponens syllogism uses the following logical form: If p, then q; p; therefore, q.

 

Before I provide an example, it may be useful to know that one source states, “A theory is, in general, any hypothesis or set of ideas about something, formed in any number of ways through any sort of reasoning for any sort of reason.” Colloquially, a “theory” alludes to a mere belief.

 

If every theory in which I believe possibly could be true or real (p), then every theory in which I believe empirically must be true or real (q). Every theory in which I believe possibly could be true or real (p). Therefore, every theory in which I believe empirically must be true or real (q).

 

This proposition follows logical form; yet I argue that it isn’t reasonable, because what could be isn’t necessarily what is. Thus, I consider this syllogistic belief as that relating to irrationality. Nevertheless, I have little doubt that at least one person on this planet disagrees with my outlook.

 

Noteworthy, my worldview is subjective (characteristic of or belonging to reality as perceived rather than as independent of mind). Thus, not everyone agrees with what everybody else deems as rational or not. Irrespective of advocacy for equality, not everyone maintains the same views.

 

For clarity, the American Psychological Association defines subjective as “taking place or existing only within the mind,” and defines objective as “having verifiable existence in the external world, independently of any opinion or judgment.”

 

Also, a rational perspective for one person may not be considered rational by members of a group. For example, people dedicating themselves to the practice of science may fervently disagree with referring to a mere belief as a “theory.” I agree! Yet, this is my subjective view.

 

For any so-called “victim” to whom MTG spoke, who was 18 or 19-years-old when recruiting for Epstein and/or engaging in voluntary sexual activity with the late financier or those within his orbit, could exercise the same personal agency and ownership as could Mousey when I met her.

 

In particular, when practicing REBT, I use personal responsibility and accountability (collectively “ownership”). For improved understanding, responsibility is defined as the quality or state of being responsible, such as a moral, legal, or mental accountability.

 

Here, “responsible” is defined as liable to be called to account as the primary cause, motive, or agent, and being able to answer for one’s conduct and obligations—something, such as the demands of conscience or custom, that obligates one to a course of action.

 

Also, “accountable” is defined as subject to giving an account—a statement explaining one’s conduct. Accountability is defined as the quality or state of being accountable, especially regarding an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one’s actions.

 

When providing psychoeducational lessons on REBT, a psychotherapeutic modality which arguably requires that one preferably should take personal ownership in order to reduce self-distress or self-disturbance, I lean heavily on both responsibility and accountability.

 

This is because I maintain that people have personal agency (a person’s ability to control one’s own reactions to activating events which are beyond one’s own dominion, especially when one’s response is limited by someone or something else). This is a matter of self-empowerment.

 

Ultimately, it’s a matter of irrationality to deny that people of the age of majority aren’t children, even if they’re adult-aged teenagers, as 18 and 19-year-old adults have agency and can exercise personal ownership! Perhaps MTG is confused of this fact; though, perhaps not.

 

If you’re looking for a provider who tries to work to help understand how thinking impacts physical, mental, emotional, and behavioral elements of your life—helping you to sharpen your critical thinking skills, I invite you to reach out today by using the contact widget on my website.

 

As a psychotherapist, I’m pleased to try to help people with an assortment of issues ranging from anger (hostility, rage, and aggression) to relational issues, adjustment matters, trauma experience, justice involvement, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety and depression, and other mood or personality-related matters.

 

At Hollings Therapy, LLC, serving all of Texas, I aim to treat clients with dignity and respect while offering a multi-lensed approach to the practice of psychotherapy and life coaching. My mission includes: Prioritizing the cognitive and emotive needs of clients, an overall reduction in client suffering, and supporting sustainable growth for the clients I serve. Rather than simply trying to help you to feel better, I want to try to help you get better!

 

 

Deric Hollings, LPC, LCSW

 

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