Okay, an 18 year old and a 17 year old honestly isn’t bad and shouldn’t be illegal.

But This doesn’t make sense.

The actual law isn’t the biggest issue (That judges have discretion in registering people as sex offenders in all cases of sexual contact with a minor provided they meet the next guidelines) , it’s this part “It’s also applicable only if the adult was within 10 years of age of the minor at the time the offense, and the minor was at least 14 years old – provisions known in some states as Romeo and Juliet laws.”

So a 14 year old and a 23 year old can have sex, and the judge doesn’t have to have the 23 year old register as a sex offender? That makes no sense? Why do we need all these stupid specifications, why can’t it be that if you are over 18 or 19 and you have sex with someone under 17, that is illegal? I know some debate is around “well, there is only a two year different between a 16 year old and a 18 year old so it should be fine” and honestly I don’t know how to get around all that. I just don’t like the 10 year limit.

A person above 20, who is for sure out of high school, should not be doing anything sexual with an under 18 year old, period.

I can totally admit I am biased, as I was in a relationship with a 26 year old when I was 16, but it turned out very very bad for me, and that I why I feel this stuff should be stricter. There shouldn’t be any 10 year limits. It should just be automatically a sex offender and face prison time. These minors don’t know what they are getting themselves into, being 14 and trying to “go out” with a 23 year old. I know for a fact they are clueless.

What happened to “minors can’t legally consent”????

There are so many “what ifs” in this situation people try to come up with it’s frustrating. I don’t give a fuck about a 17 year old and an 18/19 year old. I start to care when it’s a 22/23 year old with a 14/15/16 year old. It’s fucking weird.