But that does make me think that there could be reason for it that we just dont know about.

Did you know that modern ages of consent were introduced by lobbies of adult prostitutes in order to take the competition from underage prostitutes away???



Further...

Ages of consent allow the state to control the sexual behaviour of everyone in society, allowing the state to find it easy to train youth into slaves of the state.

Ages of consent prevent young emancipation from parental households, strengthening the grip abusive parents have towards their children and depriving the children of options in life.