Comment by hu3
3 years ago
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...
3 years ago
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_...