And I do think that once one of the parties is over 18, it becomes rape even if consensual. I know J disagrees with me.
But what if he's two months over 18, and she's two months shy? I really don't think this stuff makes sense. People mature at different ages, and many are pretty responsible about it. Friends of mine who have teenage (or older) daughters say that they (the daughters) didn't seem to have any sexual involvements until they felt they were ready. Which was usually at about 17 or 18.
Though as I've said before, I know someone who moved in with her boyfriend (with her parents' consent) when she was 15. It lasted for about four years. Her later regret was that is had been like marrying very, very young; she felt she'd missed out on a lot of the fun of adolescence. But it certainly didn't destroy her life. She went on to graduate school, got her Ph.D, had other boyfriends.
But let's say some officious state official had chosen to disagree with my friend's parents' judgment that their daughter, at the age of 15, was mature enough to live with her boyfriend. And that these officials had brought suit against the kids, against the parents, whatever. Do you think TAHT'S right? |
