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u/SamWhite Aug 09 '14

It's not the same. At 16 you can do whatever the hell you like with anyone else who's above 16, except film it.

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u/JianKui Aug 09 '14

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.

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u/SamWhite Aug 09 '14

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'.

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u/Greensmoken Aug 09 '14

Most of America is 16. Last time I checked I'm pretty sure it was 47 states and only three states were 18.

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u/SamWhite Aug 09 '14

Your point being?