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[AyuHikaru]

Not in the USA she ain't. You have to be 18 to consent here.

Depends on the state. Here in CO it is indeed 16.

[Chibs]

^in Arkansas or Alabama its 14 xD

[Celedam]

No, it's not.

[Pavlova]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_co ... th_America

basically

[Celedam]

http://ameblo.jp/morningmusume-10ki/entry-11469998655.html
http://blog-project.net/iikubo-haruna/111042

[Zunu]

Not in the USA she ain't. You have to be 18 to consent here.

Depends on the state. Here in CO it is indeed 16.

Actually 17, but the thing is that that only applies to state laws. You bring your 17 year old honey on a trip over the border to Arizona and you might go to jail. If your 17 year old honey sends you a naked picture of himself over the phone, that's a crime. Possessing a naked picture of someone under 18, (even if they are a CGI character who looks under 18) is a crime. If you are a teacher, you're going to jail if you have sex with your 17 year old student. If anybody from a foreign country visits a 17 year old anywhere in the US it better not be with the goal of having sex with them. So really the best you can say is that it under certain conditions a 16 or 17 year old can consent but the general rule is 18.

It's ESPECIALLY 18 when it comes to traveling internationally. If you are a US citizen, and you go to a country where the age of consent is low for the purpose of having paid sexual relations with someone under 18, you are committing a felony with a 30 year prison penalty. If it's unpaid sex, the rule is 16, but good luck proving that.

So basically if you're a grown adult American, your safest bet is to stay far the fuck away, literally, from fooling with anybody under 18, unless the two of you are of opposite sex and legally marrried. Obviously other countries, particularly Latin America, are a lot different.

[Pavlova]

Man that is *so* fucked up. I mean I always dated guys that were 3 years older than me and I sure didn't wait until I was 18 To know I couldn't have safely done that in the USA.. scary. I'm glad I live where I do.

[Starra]

In NZ, I think it's 16 if both parties consent, otherwise it's 18. Or something? I'm not sure.

[AyuHikaru]

We're pretty puritanical. I'm all for smiting the pedophiles, but we have a looootttt of laws that lean toward our old puritan values.

[Zunu]

I think there are some aspects of these puritanical laws and attitudes that are unjust (like why is sex considered worse than violence?) but tbh I don't have much sympathy for a horny 30 year old whose goal is to seduce a 15 or 16 year old. If you have that much trouble relating to partners near your own age you should seek counseling.