(07-23-2014 08:17 AM)True Strasserist Wrote:  Statutory rape is rarely ever actual rape.

(07-23-2014 11:47 PM)School Wrote:  Statutory rape laws take consensual interactions and legally classify them as rape and have helped to create a culture where consent is rape anyway because some people don't like it.

Basically they are complete and utter bullshit and an affront to youth rights and freedom.

In that forum on Penny Arcade you will read some of the idiotic defenses of statutory rape charges against people they deem "too old".

One guy said a 17 year old consensually fucking a 16 year old is okay but if the 17 year old is 25 then he/she should go to jail. For a little anecdote at 17 I was much more disrespectful about girls and sex because I was raised with the conservative viewpoints. Now, in my late 20s I would be a much much better lover for a consenting 16 year old. I understand the nuances better and the importance of mutual benefit and pleasure and I also know how much more exciting and fun sexual contact is when both parties are into it and having fun.

This is ignoring that the poster doesn't seem to realize 16 is legal in many US states and most of the world in general. So he is advocating making illegal something that is legal.

Another issue is this literally insults victims of actual rape.

EDIT: To add, saying "well they can't consent because they are incapable of consenting so it actually is rape" is one of the most idiotic arguments I have ever read in my entire life and anyone who uses it is employing some serious cognitive distortions and rationalizations to support a moral view they have that has no place in law.