Age of consent?

[Kupid Diggs]

Logical Player I agree with a majority of the things you say on this forum, but I have to disagree with you on this one. Like Bible Belt pointed out, if anyone finds out they can tell the police and you will be punished. Is it really worth the risk?

I know a guy who was 19 sleeping with a 15 year old girl. Somehow her parents found out. So they call up the guy and tell something to the extent of that they want to sit down and talk with him about the situation. So he gets in his car and drives over to their house. When he gets there the police are waiting for him and he got arrested for statutory rape. Now he's a registered sex offender and whenever he moves he has to let his neighbors know that he is a sex offender...

It would be wise for guys to be "logical" in their decision making when situations like this arise. Is a piece of @$$ really more important than having a clean record.

We all know that the laws in America heavily favor women, so why even risk it.

 

[The Logical Player]

Logical Player I agree with a majority of the things you say on this forum, but I have to disagree with you on this one. Like Bible Belt pointed out, if anyone finds out they can tell the police and you will be punished. Is it really worth the risk?

I know a guy who was 19 sleeping with a 15 year old girl. Somehow her parents found out. So they call up the guy and tell something to the extent of that they want to sit down and talk with him about the situation. So he gets in his car and drives over to their house. When he gets there the police are waiting for him and he got arrested for statutory rape. Now he's a registered sex offender and whenever he moves he has to let his neighbors know that he is a sex offender...

It would be wise for guys to be "logical" in their decision making when situations like this arise. Is a piece of @$$ really more important than having a clean record.

We all know that the laws in America heavily favor women, so why even risk it.

hey i admit that when you mess with the law, there is a SLIM chance you can get caught

but i did want to point out that it rarely ever happens

 

[trv26]

hey i admit that when you mess with the law, there is a SLIM chance you can get caught

but i did want to point out that it rarely ever happens

Why run the risk. I mean, I agree about ur argument about how a girl who is considered capable of giving consent in one country is incapable of doing so in another, or even within different states of the same country.

BUT, the fact is the rules exist, and if you are caught breaking them, you could go to jail, and/or be left with the stigma for life. Is it really so difficult to stay the right side of it?

Is it worth the "SLIM" risk? Imagine things go bad with the girl, any mildly intelligent girl would know she can blackmail you with it. And in so much as the girl being afraid of being labelled a slut...remember she is the "victim"?

 

[magickarl]

I'm pretty sure the age of consent in IL is 17.

Woops. My fault, your right. The charge my friend got though left no provision for the fact that she was so close to the age of consent. The paper read that the accused was 19 at the time of the incident in question and that the "victim" was 16 years old.

Hows that for some justice?

no little man

people just simply do not care enough for the most part to go thru the trouble - they dont want to pay for a lawyer, go through the drama of being in court, THEY JUST DO NOT CARE - only if a father found out that his 14 year old had sex with a 25 year old

if a 16 yr old bangs a 19 year old, nobody cares, hate to break it to ya

Hate to break it to you man, but a girl or her parents don't have to pay for a lawyer, and there is very little trouble/effort involved in creating a statutory rape case -- if they are paying their phone bill they can call the police. Besides pay a little gas money to go down to the station and make a statement, and to testify in court, there is no more effort required. It's not a civil matter -- Nobody is getting sued. It is a criminal matter meaning that the state is pressing the charges. Trust me, the government has plenty of money for lawyers.

While I agree with you that people make a huge deal out of minor (two year, three year, in some cases months long) age gaps, the fact is that it is still against the law. When you sleep with an underage girl you are taking an assumed risk. It is akin to smoking weed or drinking under-age but with more dire consequences. While in all likelihood nothing will go wrong MisterMcGee was entirely correct with just how easy it is to get caught. All that has to happen is the girl gets pissed off at you, her parents find out about it, or somebody who actually cares catches wind of it.

In the end, if you are dead set on taking that assumed risk, then go for it.
Me? Until the law changes or I move to Arkansas, I can stand to pick from the 18+ vagina roster.