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It's a fairly modern taboo, historically speaking. While the unrestricted age of consent is between 16 and 18 in all U.S. states, the laws have widely varied a
by Clubber 3y ago
It's a fairly modern taboo, historically speaking.
While the unrestricted age of consent is between 16 and 18 in all U.S. states, the laws have widely varied across the country in the past. In 1880, the ages of consent were set at 10 or 12 in most states, with the exception of Delaware where it was 7.[104] The ages of consent were raised across the U.S. during the late 19th century and the early 20th century.[105][106] By 1920, 26 states had an age of consent at 16, 21 states had an age of consent at 18, and one state (Georgia) had an age of consent at 14.[104] Small adjustments to these laws occurred after 1920.
Damn Deleware, 7?!
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- belorn 3y agoIf I remember right, the median age of people who have sex before the age of 20 is 15 years. (where I live) It is one of those slight odd statistics, especially if it is similar in places where the age of consent is 18. It does however explain why there are so many different age of consent, and why it is hard for law makers to fix it to a number that make people happy.
- dls2016 3y agoI live in one of four US states where you must be 18 to get married. Most other states have "parental consent" laws that allow you to get married at age 16. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2016/11/01/child-marriage-is-rare-in-the-u-s-though-this-varies-by-state/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2016/11/01/child-mar... Not to mention like every big rocker had a teenage girlfriend in the 1970s.