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Originally Posted by ken0042
What if your 15 year old daughter borrowed some ID, went to a bar, and had sex with a 20 year old? Now that 15 year old can hold the "statutory rape" charge over the 20 year old's head.
I guess I look at that "5 year" rule as partially being there to protect the 20 year olds of the world. No- it sure isn't perfect. But it's better than the way the rules worked up until a couple of years ago. Remember that; where a 40 year old was allowed to have sex with a 15 year old; or even a 14 year old.
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Completely agree, too many times in these cases it's viewed as a black and white issue and the laws have improved leaps and bounds from where they were just 3 years ago.