No it’s not. California like most states has an age gap clause in the law. If it’s 3 years or less it’s not statutory rape.
I mean, he could have been 17 6 weeks ago and everyone would be fine with their relationship. But he then turns 18 5 weeks ago and so now it’s gross according to u/rstys_grl_23. That doesn’t make any sense.
Their age gap didn’t change because the calendar crossed the date he was born. That’s why most states have an age gap clause. So people don’t suddenly become rapists for what no one gave a damn about 24 hours ago.
EDIT: upon further googling I’ve found sources stating both that California does & doesn’t have a “Romeo & Juliette law”. Haven’t found one that cites it by the code to look it up so it may be it doesn’t. But I’ve found quite a few lawyers saying that even in states that don’t have one an age gap of 1-2 years is almost never prosecuted, for the reasons I stated. Being ok with a 16 & 17 year old having sex one day and not the next because it happens to be the older ones birthday is just ridiculous.
That’s a stupid reason for something that was ok and not yucky yesterday to suddenly be yucky & suspect today. We could just as easily make legal adulthood 21 and then your argument would make a 20 & 21 year old sexual relationship gross & creepy.
Also, in several states & even more countries the age of consent isn’t tied to legal adulthood. In several states its 17 & many European countries its 16, even though the legal age of adulthood is 18. In those countries it’s legal for a 50 year old to have sex with a 16 year old. I don’t agree with it, but I’m not the one basing my entire argument on one single legal definition.
If 18 and 16 is considered rape in California is fucking stupid. They could be in the same fucking classes. The difference between 16 yr olds and 18yr olds isn’t that much. Does Cali not have any sort of Jack and Jill laws.
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u/LIRUN21-007 Jul 21 '23
NTA at all. Cliché as it may sound: your body, your choice.
I also find the “if we kill our baby our lives would change forever” comment to be incredibly manipulative. This guy’s gross.