I think the term «statutory rape» should be
removed from the law. At best there are countless examples of its horrific
consequences. One of the partners may be just above what the law describes as
legal age and the other right below it. He or she who is right above, only a day will be convicted of
rape and get many years in jail, and also end up in rape registers, a horror
suffered by both sexes. Is the situation different when one partner is many
years older? To a point, yes. But to say that a teenager isn't a sexual being
and claim that a minor doesn't understand the consequences of his or her acts
isn't doing them any favors. The entire modern human community’s understanding
of sexuality is warped and the victims are many. That is also true when it
comes to the fact that we live in a rape culture, partly glorifying true rape. Like
everybody should realize: rape has nothing to do with sex, but with power, and
also in this context the term «statutory rape» becomes a terrible distinction.
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