Age of Consent laws.

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So, my friend is having some questions about the age of consent laws. She's almost 16, and the guy she wants to get with is 21 or 22 I forget.

I tried to convince her to go with someone more her age, but she's not interested in listening to that.

But she says her mom claims that despite the legal age of consent being 16 here, she still can't legally have sex until she's 18 because she has a mental or medical condition or something.

Basically, she's on anti-depressants. Her "condition." is either Manic or Chronic depression. I forget which.

But that sounds like an excuse to me. Does it hold any truth?

On a site note, while pondering around on the internet, supposedly, should in a case where someone sleeps with someone under the age of consent. If you can prove they were sexually promiscuous prior to the defendant having sex with them.

They couldn't be charged with statutory rape because they claimed not subject to being corrupted by the defendant.

On a somewhat unrelated note. I'm 19 (turning 20 in august) and there's a girl who just turned 16 I'm interested in. Her father told her I was too old for her.

If I pursued a relationship with her anyway, is there anything he could actually do about us going out? Other then grounding her from leaving the house and telling me I can't come over?

depends on the dad ,police get involed,courts,that sort of thing,As far as the 16yo it might be considered Rape,or a lesser charge,does she want to put him through that just to get laid?

Originally Posted By: older&wiserdepends on the dad ,police get involed,courts,that sort of thing,As far as the 16yo it might be considered Rape,or a lesser charge,does she want to put him through that just to get laid? I'm pretty sure you can't charge with rape, if the person is 16 though, considering it's the age of consent.

The legal age of consent varies in different places. In the US it depends on the state, though if you cross state lines, or use the phone or internet or mail to arrange a meeting, it can bring in Federal law as well. There are sites that list the age of consent by state, but I have heard they are unreliable.In some states there are exceptions from statutory rape charges if the people are close enough in age, but not in other states. In some places, and possibly in Federal law, it is absolutely forbidden for people over 18 to have sex with people under 18. Your friend's mother might be thinking of special laws governing mentally handicapped people in special care - I doubt they would apply to your friend.There is a big gap in age and life experience between 16 and 21. It could well be a problem one way or another.The father of a 16-year-old girl could certainly make life difficult for a relationship, if she is dependent on him for a house and food, even if the relationship is legal. If it's illegal, he could make things very bad indeed, with the guy in jail and on the sex offenders list.

Originally Posted By: IneligibleThe legal age of consent varies in different places. In the US it depends on the state, though if you cross state lines, or use the phone or internet or mail to arrange a meeting, it can bring in Federal law as well. There are sites that list the age of consent by state, but I have heard they are unreliable.In some states there are exceptions from statutory rape charges if the people are close enough in age, but not in other states. In some places, and possibly in Federal law, it is absolutely forbidden for people over 18 to have sex with people under 18. Your friend's mother might be thinking of special laws governing mentally handicapped people in special care - I doubt they would apply to your friend.There is a big gap in age and life experience between 16 and 21. It could well be a problem one way or another.The father of a 16-year-old girl could certainly make life difficult for a relationship, if she is dependent on him for a house and food, even if the relationship is legal. If it's illegal, he could make things very bad indeed, with the guy in jail and on the sex offenders list. Well I know for fact age of consent laws in my state is 16 period regardless of age gap. I'll tell my friend she still shouldn't do things with this guy just to be safe.As far as my case, I never really planned or expect anything to last long enough to turn sexual. I know there's not a hell of a lot to do legally, if we were both 16.But I weren't sure if because I'm an adult, even if I could legally have sex due to consent laws, if there was some bullshit that could be pulled that, I'm still an adult, so if he told me I couldn't see her, and she met me at we'll say McDonalds, for a date. If he could actually do anything about it legal wise. Though, I was never told I couldn't see the girl, but he doesn't know yet I'm interested in his daughter either =/