It depends upon where the person is. In japan, 12 is the age of consent. In Yemen, people marry three year olds. In much of the American south, there is no age limit for dating/marrying a gal as long as her parents/guardians consent. Personally, I prefer older to younger. There is something to be said for experience, and it is better being with someone who has lived enough to know what the world is really like. Generally, a guy who prefers such young gals generally lacks any skill, or confidence, or equipment, and wants a partner who will be too inexperienced to notice his shortcomings... especially if he is unusually short. A young gal won't have had much to compare shorty against, and won't realize what she is missing.

It is a perspective. I used to work in Public Health both in the USA, and in Japan. When someone came down with a dose of STDs, I had to interview them, figure out who they got it from, contact the people it may have been, and get them tested/treated. Many were still children. In Japan there were frequent cases of 12,and 13, year old girls claiming that Marines, or Sailors, had raped them. The guys claimed the gals had consented, and the law said that if they had consented there was no prosecution possible. It became a case of 'he said/she said', and most such cases never went anywhere. Six marines saying the gals consented against one, or two, gals saying they didn't, created enough reasonable doubt to get the guys off. In the southern USA, it was often the parent, or guardian, who had consented for the gal who had the sex with her and gave her the STD. Family Values Ala The Pat Robertson Crowd. Such things as age of consent vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Pedophiles can always find a friendly locale. Blame your legislators.