RE: Laws against underage sex need to have more realistic exemptions.
May 18, 2013 at 11:04 pm
(This post was last modified: May 18, 2013 at 11:23 pm by cratehorus.)
(May 18, 2013 at 10:15 pm)Tiberius Wrote: I'd suggest that no arbitrary limit be put in place, but instead judgement be made on a case by case basis. Puberty hits different people at different times. Some people mature earlier than others. A 15 year old dating an 18 year old isn't really that bizarre. 15 year olds can be mature enough to make responsible decisions about their lives. It's all dependent on the people involved.
In this case, it seems that the girls in question were consenting and close. Whatever sexual activity they did participate in was not abusive.
It seems silly and downright unjust that two underage people can have a relationship, potentially sexual, and likely not face prosecution if caught, but if one of the pair becomes a legal adult, will face prosecution.
At the very least, the punishment should not be as life-destroying as it would be for someone who was purposefully abusing their victim.
there has too be a line somewhere....a 17 year old can't have sex with a 3 year old, and a 50 year old (as you mentioned) shouldn't have sex with a 15 year old so where is the line???
there's also the matter of this "criminal" being the "victim" of a false accusation, let's say they broke up at one point couldn't the 15 year old hold this 18 year old accountable for rape after they break up just as a matter of spite??? what would hold up in court? the testimony of the 15 year old perhaps.........are love notes now considered evidence? if so then there are plenty of teens in relationships with middle aged men (and women) who have such love notes and wouldn't be considered rapists????
so where is the line?
