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Originally Posted by SeeGeeWhy
This "age of consent" argument is a joke. If I had to guess why the age of consent is what it is, it probably has more to do with preventing one half of a young couple (say a 16/17 year old dating a 15/16 year old) from being prosecuted as a sex offender if they ended up having sex while the younger person was still not of the age of consent. Yet when something like this newsbite happens, there will be people in the crowd that will hold up the stated law as if it is that black and white, and argue that it is a great idea for a 40+ year old man to sleep with a 16 year old girl "because it is legal". Give me a break. For instance, even though OilKiller is on my ignore list I would be anyone $5 that his post in this thread is along those lines.
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Doesn't work that way I don't think. AFAIK minors have their own rules for age of consent. The age of consent being 16 only applies when the other partner is over 18.
I think if they're both under 18 then there are different rules but I'm not 100% sure what they are.