• HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 months ago

    They’re there to stop people well above the age of consent from being sick fucks. As an example, a 40 year old dating a 19 year old is fucked up.

    While I agree, I think that current laws wouldn’t protect the 19 y/o since any person over 18 y/o can date any other person over 18 y/o. That means that a 40 y/o can date a 19 y/o without any legal repercussions. Is this not the case?

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      3 months ago

      You’re correct. We have to set a line somewhere unfortunately. I don’t think we could codify a “half your age plus 7”