In my state it’s 16 and they recently met to decide if they wanted to raise it to 18… and decided not to.
There was actually a news story a few months back about how the cops had to let a 40 year old who met with and had sex with a 16 year old girl on the internet go much to the complaint of the father because as far as the state was concerned… the latter was legally an adult and could make her own sexual choices.
The idea that this stuff is wrong is newer than you might think. I know it sickens me too
The OG Gossip Girl novels are literally about high schoolers dating adult bankers, it’s not even like it was a secret even after the culture started to shift.
I didn’t realize NY had an especially open culture around it, I wonder why
Even now in NY the age of consent is 17
In my state it’s 16 and they recently met to decide if they wanted to raise it to 18… and decided not to.
There was actually a news story a few months back about how the cops had to let a 40 year old who met with and had sex with a 16 year old girl on the internet go much to the complaint of the father because as far as the state was concerned… the latter was legally an adult and could make her own sexual choices.
The idea that this stuff is wrong is newer than you might think. I know it sickens me too
The OG Gossip Girl novels are literally about high schoolers dating adult bankers, it’s not even like it was a secret even after the culture started to shift.