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679 sats \ 11 comments \ @carter 6 Nov charts_and_numbers

16 is kind of young.

390 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 6 Nov

I don't think those are all complete on/off cutoffs. I believe many states have formulas for how much older one party can be, until some other broader age of consent is reached.

42 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 6 Nov

Yes I think this only applies if one of the parties is considered an adult. At least that is how it is in Canada.

40 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 6 Nov

I haven't looked into how each state's laws were interpreted, but what I think it's really showing is the minimum age someone can be to have sex with an 18 year old.

Some states allow an age gap of one year, so they'd show as 17, but that doesn't mean a 30 year old can be with a 17 year old legally.

Other states allow an age gap of 18 months, so they'd show as 16.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 6 Nov

I see.

27 sats \ 5 replies \ @k00b 6 Nov

I grew up with 18 in California. I recall being 19 and feeling conflicted about an 18 year old with a crush on me (my ex was a year older than me so I never had to think about this kind of leverage before).

42 sats \ 3 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 6 Nov

I'm not sure if it's the same in the US, but in a lot of countries, there's a rule where there's a 4-5 year age difference for something to be considered a crime.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 6 Nov

There's something similar, but the gaps I'm familiar with are much narrower

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 6 Nov

imo the trickiness has less to do with the legality and more so the power imbalance.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @samhainsam 6 Nov

the power imbalance and being “unconscious about it” and how that not only doesn't stop/prevent this but seems to encourage the normalization of couples with such a significant age gap

12 sats \ 0 replies \ @petertodd 6 Nov

That's batshit crazy to feel conflicted about that. California's laws on age of consent are insane.

Minors having sex with others close in age to them is totally normal; criminalizing that is batshit crazy and the police officers and judges participating in the prosecution of that are themselves child abusers. The only ethical thing they can do is refuse to enforce the law, or quit.