bloodycelt

1.) If one considers that the government is a necessary 'evil', then you shouldn't allow it to make moral decisions, instead think of how said actions harm others. The reason for AoC and Statutory Rape laws stem from when a young girl's virtue was something that was sold via dowry when she came of age to marry. The law was originally written to pressure the man into wedding the now deflowered daughter. While it may be wrong for a 25yo to have sex with a 13yo, its also wrong in many ways for a 60yo to have sex with an 18yo. But also note, the law currently expects that at 18 you fully understand sex and are capable of making informed decisions, i.e. it expects that you have broken the law at some point before then (or in some states, had an exemption via Romeo & Juliet laws). If one wanted to push for a clear law that dealt with the harm, in a fair manner one could then try the following: 1.) Sex with a minor that is pre-menarche (or pre-puebescant) would be a violent sex crime. And the perpetrator a Sex Offender. 2.) Sex with a person who has not undergone sexual education, would be Statutory Rape, considering that they in theory cannot give informed consent. 3.) Incest with a minor would be considered a violent sex crime, this is the usual case when you find adults that can't function because their father or uncle raped them. 4.) Sex with a person that is a subordinate, a student, or in some way dependent upon you should be considered Statutory Rape, since they are unable to give unpressured consent. 5.) All other cases of sex with a minor should be considered something like 'Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor'. Since if the kid knows about sex, consents to it, isn't your daughter or a student, then its mostly like getting a kid to smoke a cigarette, risky possibly harmful behavior, but not in the same degree as raping an 8yo.