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Statutory Rape - Is One-Law-Fits-All Fair?

 
 
 
 
 
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Thanks to the information explosion on the internet, movies and television, most kids today are sexually savvy even before they reach puberty. And more than just savvy - some are sexually aggressive. Is it, perhaps, time to have a relook at the legal minimum age of consent?

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courtybug about 1 year ago

yeah i wish they would lower it down to sixteen in virginia so the cops in Berryville, va would leave my cousin and her fiancee alone!! they're bugginf them just because he's 19!!

Anonymous about 1 year ago

Oops.

"there are* no guarantees"
and
"doesn't mean they aren't* mentally mature enough to make a decision"

Anonymous about 1 year ago

Teenagers who have been taught that there are consequences for their actions are going to be fully cognizant of what they decide to do. As a 22 year old who lost her virginity at 15 and then was unduly dumped a month later, I knew what I was getting myself into. And even though I had hoped the relationship had lasted longer, I was aware that I was having sex before marriage where there is no guarantees.

Your children aren't stupid. They may end up regretting their actions, but that doesn't mean they mentally mature enough to make a decision.

If they weren't coerced, it wasn't rape. If they weren't coerced or taken advantage of, they were aware of what they were doing. Treat them like the YOUNG ADULTS they are and not the CHILDREN you see.

Muneca about 1 year ago

These days, age isnt such a big deal, however neither is love... people have sex just to have sex... but at the same time, any teenager who decides to have sex is going to have sex regardless of who says what, and the chances of their partner being of 18 are extremely high... as a teen myself, i stand by the fact that the laws should be changed...
What happens if a teenage girl gets pregnant by an adult? Shes left to raise the child with no father... Thats not justice... its wrong...

Anonymous about 1 year ago

I meant I do not think it is fair. Rape is forced and unconsented to plain and simple. Laws need to be changed.

Anonymous about 1 year ago

AMEN~ I do think it is fair. Yes there should be punishment. All facts should be considered. Teenagers know what they are doing I am sorry, look at the sex ed classes and just society in general.

jnali about 1 year ago

Fully consensual sex which has occurred with the uncoerced desire of both parties is not rape, plain and simple. I believe that the "statutory rape" laws are nothing more than an excuse for parents to be LAZY and not be involved in the daily lives of their children, falsely secure in the belief that a government decree will act in their stead.

One commenter noted that their own child was involved in an incident. When I was in the Navy one of my best men was accused and convicted of statutory rape with a 15 year old girl. Photographic evidence showed the girl the night of the event, and she looked every part the 21 year old college student that her false ID made her out to be. None of that mattered -- he went to jail for one year and lost his military career.

No victim, no crime. If the younger party is not a victim -- if they partake in the sexual activity freely -- how can there be a crime? A parent's disapproval of their child's actions is an issue between the parent and the child, not a crime between the child and their lover.

Anonymous about 1 year ago

Hooray to that! Well said and i completely agree. In some cases, even though the age difference may be great, there can be mutual love. Not all guys are out to take advantage of cute young girls. I, for example, have a girlfriend who is 6 years younger than me. I'm 23. We have not had sex and I like her enough to the point where I am willing to wait until she turns 18. She is very mature and we get along extremely well. Both our parents know about us and support our relationship. This is clearly a relationship like any other where we both love one another.

Now, let's say one day there is a slip... let's say one day we can't resist and we end up having sex (which I repeat, i'm not planning on doing). Should I be charged as a criminal? I don't think that's right. I'm an individual with a great career lined up, got straight A's in High School, close to that in college. I don't think this law represents the people and it should be considered on a case by case basis. Of course, the law should still be there to protect the ones that need protection, but it should not prevent relationships that do have a great potential.

Anonymous over 2 years ago

Willing teenagers are not victims - period.
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Anonymous over 2 years ago

There is a big difference between being physically and mentally mature. You must be a teenager who wrote this, or a liberal idiot.

Anonymous over 2 years ago

unless you are in this situation, i don't think you could really comment on it. It is a painful one, although it could have been consentual, in my daughters case, there was a 7 year difference. They young man knowing the law, volentarily violated it and with that the innocence of a young lady.

eleanor pinney over 2 years ago

My thoughts exactly.These young girls know exactly what they are doing, what i don't think they know what their doing is the consequences these guys pay for this act.Teen girls these days are being made to go to school with older boys, and think it's cool with all their friends if they get an older boyfriend.If these laws are going to be so harsh on first offender statuatory rape cases then why aren't they made to do the same for people convicted of murder or d.u.i, and so forth.Also i believe the parents of these girls or the girls themselves should be held accountable. It is not fair,and it makes me physically sick to my stomach knowing that these laws are ruining these kids lives, and their kids lives. Their children too will have to live with this one day.Parents these days aren't like parents years ago. They are not in tune with what their children are doing, and probably don't care. Look at the divorce rate. Mom's and dads are going out leaving their children home alone,kids are having parties while their gone, sneaking out to meet their boyfriends, and they say nothing, and their's probably no restriction, but let the parent find out their child is having sex,and BAM now they want to be concerned for their child's welfare. They ought to be locked up. I'm sorry if i sound a little harsh,but i believe if it was a violent act crime then yes they should be locked up, and the key thrown away, but if it is concentual there should be no law against that.

absurdelline over 2 years ago

this is certainly an issue worth examining...perhaps revizeing