2006-08-10 08:55:01 · 19 answers · asked by your mom 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
No.
If you're below the age of consent, by definition you're not allowed to give permission. Therefore, sexual contact is considered a felony.
2006-08-10 08:59:35 · answer #1 · answered by DomC 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I disagree. It is rape and here's why.
Look at the definitions of Statute and Rape.
Statute = An established law or rule
Rape = The crime of forcing another person to submit to sex acts, especially sexual intercourse.
It is called "Statutory Rape", not because a person is literally always forced into the act of sex, but because there is a law that sets an age when an individual can enter into a contractual agreement.
You say...what? Pretty much everything has to do with contracts. Any case where someone asks another if they can or will do something warrants a contractual proposal whether verbal or written.
There different laws for what age a man and/or woman can be to legally consent to sex without parental consent. Legally, minors can't enter into any contract with parental consent, and that includes sex.
Sex requires an agreement (Verbal Contract) between both participants. If a participant is too young to legally make that agreement on their own, and the act commenses anyway; then the violator is guilty of "Statutory Rape".
The law doesn't care whether or not you know something is legal, because the law assumes that everyone knows the basics. If you commit the act of sex with a minor; then you willingly - according to the law - "forced" the minor to take part in an act that he/she wouldn't have been able to legally agree to. It is the responsibility of every person to know the law, and to abide by it.
In the case of "Statutory Rape", it is the duty of both participants (especially the adult) to make sure that they abide by the law.
2006-08-10 10:00:40 · answer #2 · answered by Daniel C 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
> How can statutory rape be called "rape" at the same time as it consists of 2 consenting persons of an same age? the perception is that if you're too youthful, then you actually aren't any further waiting to provide suggested consent, because you aren't any further waiting to appreciate each and every of the outcomes and ramifications of your moves. > Is consensual sex particularly "rape" purely because the authorities makes a call that it is? it is a matter of opinion.
2016-11-29 20:58:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lets say that two 17 year olds are in a sexually active relationship. If one of them turns 18, the can be labeled a rapist? Doesn't seem right considering what rape means to the average person. Does anyone remember High School?
2006-08-10 09:44:51 · answer #4 · answered by calpauly21 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not a bad idea. Calling it "rape" dilutes the importance of actual rape as a charge while making what is as you call it an age of consent violation appear more serious than it really is. Not that it is a good thing, not at all, but if it is participated in voluntarily it is dishonest and misleading to call it "rape".
2006-08-10 09:00:30 · answer #5 · answered by jxt299 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
NO. Consent is legally defined. If you don't give consent sex, it's rape. A minor is legally unable to give consent, therefore it is rape.
2006-08-10 09:07:47 · answer #6 · answered by vbrink 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Huh? Statutory Rape is having sex with a minor (example: You are 25 and you have sex with a fourteen year-old). Semantics are irrelevant here.
2006-08-10 09:00:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes depending on the age of the minor
2006-08-10 09:33:14 · answer #8 · answered by ccameronbeaty78 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a good idea for say 14 to 18, but under age 14 they're just children and not really responsible yet.
2006-08-10 09:01:16 · answer #9 · answered by Sean 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Why? "Statutory rape" is quicker and easier to say and is
unambiguous.
In the eyes of the law, it *IS* rape.
2006-08-10 09:02:05 · answer #10 · answered by Elana 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋