Talk:Donatello (2012 TV series)/@comment-38859981-20190409125517/@comment-995426-20190410091600

One of the ethical dilemmas that makes bestiality a thing, is that humans are sentient and can give informed consent for certain age-appropriate human activities, while non-sentient animals cannot give that same informed consent no matter their age, and it would be animal cruelty for a human to take advantage of an animal in that matter.

But Donatello is just as sentient as a human and theoretically has the full capacity to give informed consent, at least as much as a teenager of his age would legally be allowed.