I've seen that before and agree. It's really about culture, society, and civilization, not sex. Age of consent is supposed to be age of marriage which is tied to sex. Not just the sexual act. Feminism and especially birth control divorced the concepts of sex and marriage to the detriment of all of humanity.

But to support it require women be excluded from the mechanism of society such that they are forced to not be destructive and selfish so in turn men and society in general can keep them safe from predators. In turn ensuring virginal status for husbands.

This is why, when men who only speak of lowering the age of consent are generally pedophiles. As that's all it does without the accompanying social and structural changes to keep them safe.

Btw, the European norm is a courtship of one to two years. This allows multiple suitors and the family to really get to know who they are bringing into the family. While exceptions were common (example, small village where everyone already knows everyone), it really meant procreation didn't occur until one to two years after permission of courtship and marriage followed.

A girl of 12 may not marry until 14 or later, depending on her menstruation. As menstruation was the actual lower age. If she didn't menstruate until 14, then she wouldn't likely marry and have sex until 15 or 16.

In either case, the girl wasn't predated upon, and was honored and protected from would-be abusers. And society itself was setup to protect them and their families' best interests.