To the best of my knowledge, a minor can't consent to sex and it's automatically statutory rape (which is where you get all the "but I thought she was 18" things when the guy's brought into court).
This probably wouldn't have made me so mad if it weren't for repeated instances in news articles of 'had sex with' in place of 'was raped by' when there wasn't even the possible defense of quoting the victim. In which case, I really think they should've used a direct quote from the girl.
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To the best of my knowledge, a minor can't consent to sex and it's automatically statutory rape (which is where you get all the "but I thought she was 18" things when the guy's brought into court).
This probably wouldn't have made me so mad if it weren't for repeated instances in news articles of 'had sex with' in place of 'was raped by' when there wasn't even the possible defense of quoting the victim. In which case, I really think they should've used a direct quote from the girl.