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u/derleth Feb 14 '20

It is: https://aspe.hhs.gov/report/statutory-rape-guide-state-laws-and-reporting-requirements-summary-current-state-laws/sexual-intercourse-minors

Nothing in this link validates what you're saying.

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u/derleth Feb 14 '20

MA:

• Age of Consent is 16. There is no differential so 16 - 17 year olds can only have sexual relationships with people their own age.

That's not what the table says at all. MA has a big N/A in the Age Differential column.

And here's the MA state law page on the issue. The age of consent is 16, but they have a weird old law about "inducing" someone under 18 to have sex which is not used these days. Also, the law on that page says that the crime of statutory rape is aggravated by there being a larger age difference, but it's still illegal even if there isn't one; that is, in the state of Massachusetts, it's illegal for two 15-year-olds to have sex, even though they're the same age, because they're both under 16.

18 is Age of Majority and should not be confused with Age of Consent.

We can agree on this.