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In reply to the discussion: Hudson Falls teen pleads guilty in statutory rape case [View all]Ms. Toad
(34,127 posts)The report says he is 19. It does not give her age, except "teen," (i.e at least 13) and a recitation of the law (under the age of 15 - so anywhere from 0-14).
So putting the two together, the younger participant was 13 or 15, and the age spread could easily 6 years.
It does not say the teen was a willing participant - it only says that there was not physical force involved. Consent is not merely the absence of physical force.
And what I have consistently been addressing is how I believe the law should be written, not how it is.
I do agree that people tend to minimize the impact of female on male rape. What I disagree about is whether the people who believe that high school romances should not be criminalized take a different position when it is between two women, two men, an older woman and a younger man, or an older man and a younger woman. My position is certainly the same in all those situations.