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27 sats \ 5 replies \ @k00b 6h \ on: Age of consent for different states charts_and_numbers
I grew up with 18 in California. I recall being 19 and feeling conflicted about an 18 year old with a crush on me (my ex was a year older than me so I never had to think about this kind of leverage before).
I'm not sure if it's the same in the US, but in a lot of countries, there's a rule where there's a 4-5 year age difference for something to be considered a crime.
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There's something similar, but the gaps I'm familiar with are much narrower
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the power imbalance and being “unconscious about it” and how that not only doesn't stop/prevent this but seems to encourage the normalization of couples with such a significant age gap
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That's batshit crazy to feel conflicted about that. California's laws on age of consent are insane.
Minors having sex with others close in age to them is totally normal; criminalizing that is batshit crazy and the police officers and judges participating in the prosecution of that are themselves child abusers. The only ethical thing they can do is refuse to enforce the law, or quit.
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