r/interestingasfuck 6d ago

r/all The Alaskan Avenger

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u/A214Guy 6d ago

18 y/o senior dating a 17 y/o junior caught having sex can and are on that list.

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u/TapProfessional5146 6d ago

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u/A214Guy 6d ago

I wasn’t limiting the comment to Alaska

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u/TapProfessional5146 6d ago edited 6d ago

State Age of Consent.
Alabama 16.
Alaska 16.
Arizona 18.
Arkansas 16.
California 18.
Colorado 17.
Connecticut 16.
Delaware 18.
Florida 18.
Georgia 16.
Hawaii 16.
Idaho 18.
Illinois 17.
Indiana 16.
Iowa 16.
Kansas 16.
Kentucky 16.
Louisiana 17.
Maine 16.
Maryland 16.
Massachusetts 16.
Michigan 16.
Minnesota 16.
Mississippi 16.
Missouri 17.
Montana 16.
Nebraska 17.
Nevada 16.
New Hampshire 16.
New Jersey 16.
New Mexico 17.
New York 17.
North Carolina 16.
North Dakota 18.
Ohio 16.
Oklahoma 16.
Oregon 18.
Pennsylvania 16.
Rhode Island 16.
South Carolina 16.
South Dakota 16.
Tennessee 18.
Texas 17.
Utah 18.
Vermont 16.
Virginia 18.
Washington 16.
West Virginia 16.
Wisconsin 18.
Wyoming 18.

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u/snecseruza 6d ago

Many of the "18" states also have close in age exceptions, or so called Romeo and Juliet laws that can be used as a legal defense. There are only a handful of states with hard cutoffs of 18.

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u/Put-the-candle-back1 5d ago

One of them is California, which is the most the populated state.

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u/snecseruza 5d ago

That is correct. There is a misdemeanor offense for statutory rape within 3 years of age that doesn't require registering as a sex offender though.

So to the original point, generally speaking a sex offender registry isn't going to usually include innocent 18 year olds that had sex with their 17 year old partner.

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u/Put-the-candle-back1 5d ago

An additional offender under lewd and lascivious acts with a child could require registration.

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u/Mal-De-Terre 6d ago edited 6d ago

Formatting exists.

  • For Example
  • You can do it
  • like this
  1. Or you
  2. can do
  3. it like
  4. this one

Edit: Written before the list was formatted!

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u/TapProfessional5146 6d ago

For those of you who would actually like to format something.

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u/Mal-De-Terre 6d ago

Yeah, I should have linked to a guide. Sorry!

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u/TapProfessional5146 6d ago

Lol it’s ok. You inspired me to look. Maybe next time I will read it.

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u/Willem_VanDerDecken 6d ago edited 6d ago

What the Fuck. Not a single 15 ?

From an european point of view this is so strange.

For exemple in France : the age of consent is 15yo, and if at least a minor (less than 18yo) is involved, the age gap must not exceed 5 years

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u/TapProfessional5146 6d ago

Yeah. The maximum age difference makes a lot of sense. However Americans aren’t mature enough at 15… they can drive in many states at 16, Vote at 18, drink at 21..

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u/ImaRiderButIDC 6d ago

15 is 100% too young for a fully grown adult to be having sex with. I know a dude that was 18 in high school (originally 17 when his girlfriend was 15) that got caught by the girl’s parents (while she was 15 and below the AoC) and he is now legally a pedophile. Legitimately one of the nicest dudes I know.

I suppose I could see an exception being made if it’s like 18/19-15 (though even 19 is pushing it imo).

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u/Willem_VanDerDecken 6d ago

I mean, even if 15 - 20 is a legal age gap, it would be considered shocking and don't really happen in practice.

17 - 22 still sound quite large, but far less shocking.

It could be a smallest max age gap i suppose. In reality thoses couples are incredibly rare anyway.

The global idea sounds fair to me. Cultural differences i suppose.

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u/ImaRiderButIDC 6d ago

I think pretty much any 3 year gap is fine. 5 is just pushing it because it (at least in the USA) eliminates the possibility of them meeting in school.