Comment by kortilla
3 years ago
> But rape? There's no rationalizing rape other than mental illness.
20 year old having sex with a 17 year old isn’t mental illness.
3 years ago
> But rape? There's no rationalizing rape other than mental illness.
20 year old having sex with a 17 year old isn’t mental illness.
Rape is also about consent, not just age.
As an aside, I learned the other day that in Brazil the age of consent is 14:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_South_Ameri...
The stark reality is that there’s a difference between rape (the crime) and rape (the action).
You can be convicted of the crime for a lot of reasons other than lack of consent. A common example of that is a 20 year old with a 17 year old in many states.
14 is pretty average globally speaking. It's 16 in most U.S. states, with exceptions often going down to 14 when there is an age gap of 4 years or less. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_the_United_...
This obviously isn't what he's referring to and isn't illegal in most states.
It might be obvious in context, but not when you just see someone labeled as “convicted rapist” and you intend to make policy based on that label.