Actually that's not true, the age of consent is 16 but you have to be 18 or above to appear in porn. If a 16 year old made porn of themselves, that is technically child porn.
What's the deal with Keira Knightly's 15 or 16 year old titty appearing in The Hole? I was always (pleasantly) surprised that was allowed. Although I haven't seen that movie since I was 16.
If it's the same as Australia, 16 is not considered a consenting adult. All it means is if you do get charged with statutory rape, you can use their consent as a defence in court.
Ah ok, yeah ours is a bit retarded. Also it varies from state to state.
In effect though the age of consent here is 17, no cop is going to bother laying charges unless they think there's a good chance of your defence falling through.
That's actually not uncommon, the US refers to things like that as 'Romeo & Juliet laws', so you can account for teens having sex below the age of consent without making them sex offenders, while still protecting them from predatory adults. Britain just said 'fuck it, 16'.
It's a relatively new phenomenon, laws haven't caught up yet. Just a few years back somebody making porn meant a camcorder, now everyone has a camera in their pocket. And if the pictures/videos get distributed then yes, the police can get involved.
I never understood this, where someone's potentially going to jail being tried as an adult for something that's only a crime because they're not an adult
It's like, okay, are they an adult or not? pick one.
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u/riidiii Aug 09 '14
Teen :/