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This says it all to me, if this applies to Utah,
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This does apply in Utah which you can see in the link I provided. It is the same way in most states.

It does but in many cases it shouldn't.

For example an 18 year old and his 16 year old gf and the parents just don't like him. Ruins his life.
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It doesn't ruin his life. Plus, that's apples and oranges. I am not speaking about in general, but about this particular situation where one of the parties holds a position of special trust (teacher, religious leader, etc.). Also, an 18 yo having sex with a 16 yo is legal in Utah. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_North_America#Utah
 
Mr. McGibblets said:
This does apply in Utah which you can see in the link I provided. It is the same way in most states.



It doesn't ruin his life. Plus, that's apples and oranges. I am not speaking about in general, but about this particular situation where one of the parties holds a position of special trust (teacher, religious leader, etc.). Also, an 18 yo having sex with a 16 yo is legal in Utah. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_North_America#Utah
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When you have to register as a sex offender you bet your butt it does. Restrictions on where he could live, employers look at that, colleges...

Also most of us in here have been talking generally.
 
Debatable
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When you have to register as a sex offender you bet your butt it does. Restrictions on where he could live, employers look at that, colleges...

Also most of us in here have been talking generally.
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WTF are you two talking about? If an 18 year old senior in high school has sex with a 16 year old sophomore girlfriend he is not guilty of a crime. He wouldn't register as a sex offender. So no, it doesn't ruin his life. How is that debatable? It's not a crime. Even if you're talking generally then generally, an 18 year old sexxing a 16 year old is not a crime. So your hypothetical is not even likely to occur precisely because most states and people find it as ridiculous as you do which is why they make it legal.
 
"Her age does matter." I was speaking specifically to a situation involving a person having sex with a teacher. Under Utah law, the age of the student does matter. A college student having sex with a professor isn't a crime. But a 17 year old or 16 year old H.S. student having sex with a teacher is a crime. So yes, age does matter.

It was clear that this is what I was talking about by reading the very next sentence. But instead you start in with some situation of an 18 year old having consensual sex with a 16 year old girlfriend.

Again, that's irrelevant to the current thing I was discussing. But in any case, even if you are "speaking generally," then it's a stupid point because 18 year olds having sex with a 16 year old girlfriend is legal in most states. So why would an 18 year old legally having sex with a 16 year old girlfriend "ruin his life?"
 
Mr. McGibblets said:
WTF are you two talking about? If an 18 year old senior in high school has sex with a 16 year old sophomore girlfriend he is not guilty of a crime. He wouldn't register as a sex offender. So no, it doesn't ruin his life. How is that debatable? It's not a crime. Even if you're talking generally then generally, an 18 year old sexxing a 16 year old is not a crime. So your hypothetical is not even likely to occur precisely because most states and people find it as ridiculous as you do which is why they make it legal.
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Statutory.

Edit: yes the deffinitions and sentences vary from state to state.
 
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