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When I was 16, I was having sex with someone who - according to the laws of the particular state in which I live - was "raping" me. It was awesome. I wish I co

• Latty 6y ago
  Legally (at least in a lot of countries), you were incapable of consent. This is a trade off between rights and protecting people, and a reasonable one. The adult you had sex with broke the law, and endangered people. Just because you actually consented doesn't change the fact that minors are easy to abuse and predators can do so easily, and proving that can be very hard. Because of that, we have laws that place the responsibility on adults to not have sex with minors. If they break that, they face the same punishment as an abuser. That's the law, and not following it places minors at risk by giving abusers cover. The person you are talking about was guilty of statutory rape, yes, and they did harm even if it wasn't directly to you.
  • stickfigure 6y ago
    > The adult you had sex with broke the law, and endangered people. 16 is the age of consent in the majority of US states. The law in my state is simply wrong. "they did harm even if it wasn't directly to you" - that's rubbish. There were two people involved here, and frankly what they do in private is none of your business. I did not want or need your paternalism. I already have parents. I'm not sure what the proper age of consent is, but I am very comfortable saying that 16 is within safe bounds. We're biologically wired for sex long before then. This puritanical religious drive to "lock up the children" needs to end.