• @newDayRocks
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    314 hours ago

    It is honestly insane that in the US 18 is treated like a god, and if one partner is some months older, it’s illegal.

    You’ll be relieved to know that this is never the case.

    • @[email protected]
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      12 hours ago

      Let me tell you about Wisconsin: We regularly bump 17-year-old offenders into adult court. So, yes, we have had cases of 17-year-old couples tried as adults for having sex with a minor after they had sex with each other.

      If the implication of that fact hasn’t sunk in I’ll make it explicit: We treat them as adults for the purposes of being a criminal, and a minor for the purposes of being a victim.

      • @newDayRocks
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        210 hours ago

        Ok that one is on me. I don’t know why I expected Romeo and Juliet clauses to have some level of consistency in all states.