[Mark_NyB]

where were these women when i was in high school?

[THOUTHCAW]

are you saying i'm old?

[Farson]

are you saying i'm old?

No, I'm blindly guessing that you are.

[Wvq9InTM]

As the Park County cops say... nnnice.

[turbutbamethyg]

where were these women when i was in high school?

****ing your classmates, who were apparently better at keeping secrets than these kids.

[Lypepuddyu]

isn't it about time to lower the age of consent to 16?

[Voliscietle]

The age of consent should be the age at which you fully comprehend the consequences of your actions.

You'd keep people like Ben virgins for life?

[EzekelEnzino]

Asher do you have a secret fantasy of performing Gay Conversions on religious authoritarians?

[WumibBesowe]

Also...

Not necessarily stellar, but not hideous, either, particularly given that the photo wasn't taken under ideal conditions.

EDIT: Not showing up for some reason.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C4fHPstKKx...eborahtowe.jpg

I'd have been happy to go for that at 15!

[Malinguenem]

You'd keep people like Ben virgins for life?

You want to give him a chance to procreate?

[illignocearia]

More like the first bastion, but your point is made.

[Sydneyfonzi]

Which is why I don't engage Ben anymore. I like the goalposts in a fixed position.

[illiderob]

Nevada's age of consent is 16.

time to hit the high schools!

seriously I don't think it's under 18 anywhere in the U.S. You can marry a 16 year old with parental permission, but the consent is still 18 I believe. I could be wrong of course... But that is what I've been told.

[AmericaAirline 111]

time to hit the high schools!

seriously I don't think it's under 18 anywhere in the U.S. You can marry a 16 year old with parental permission, but the consent is still 18 I believe. I could be wrong of course... But that is what I've been told.

Trust me here. You're wrong. Several states have the general age of consent for sex at 16, and Alaska has it at 13. Introduce a special relationship, like teacher/student, though, and that ratchets it up to 18 in Nevada, among other jurisdictions.

[rionetrozasa]

(1) being 16 years of age or older, the offender engages in sexual penetration with a person who is 13, 14, or 15 years of age and at least three years younger than the offender, or aids, induces, causes or encourages a person who is 13, 14, or 15 years of age and at least three years younger than the offender to engage in sexual penetration with another person; that's what I thought. most states have laws stating people over 18 can't have people age 16, 17 etc. It's different if it's two 16 year olds. But if it's a 40 year old woman and 16 year old boy, it's illegal. The above is for Alaska, so the ages are younger. But not in my state. interesting.

1. “Perpetrator” means a person who commits a sexual assault.

2. “Sexual penetration” means cunnilingus, fellatio, or any intrusion, however slight, of any part of a person’s body or any object manipulated or inserted by a person into the genital or anal openings of the body of another, including sexual intercourse in its ordinary meaning.

3. “Statutory sexual seduction” means:

(a) Ordinary sexual intercourse, anal intercourse, cunnilingus or fellatio committed by a person 18 years of age or older with a person under the age of 16 years; or

(b) Any other sexual penetration committed by a person 18 years of age or older with a person under the age of 16 years with the intent of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust or passions or sexual desires of either of the persons.

4. “Victim” means a person who is subjected to a sexual assault.

[Romobencience]

I don't necessarily disagree with your larger point, in the same sense that if you can pass your driver's test with a .15 BAC, you should get a license to drive at .15 or lower, but there's a big difference between knowing the consequences and being able to factor them into a decision on a course of action (even assuming sobriety, etc.). I think the latter would be more important to a determination of whether someone was familiar enough with the consequences to be deemed capable of consent.

I understand that. But as mentioned earlier, even some adults can't fully understand the consequences. At some point ignorance and stupidity is not an excuse. I won't touch the alcohol, drugs issue. That's another thread entirely.

[UnduttRit]

I didn't mean my state, I was talking about people who live in reasonable states. My state isn't a reasonable state. We have legalized prostitution after all.

[MaugleeRobins]

Secondly, the way I read the Alaska statute, the age of consent is 16, with a 3 year window opened for pairs in which both are under 18.

[Optosypoeds]

For the US:

16: 31 states + District of Columbia
17: 7 states
18: 12 states

Most states are 16, Dis.

[dubGucKcolo]

States with 18:

Arizona
California
Delaware
Florida
Idaho
North Dakota
Oregon
Tennessee
Utah
Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming