• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Almost all age of consent laws and marriage laws (not finding a good map on this one) start well into puberty. Pretty funny seeing all the 18 countries right next to “no age” countries.

    And the US is all over the place! I could hop any of 3 state lines and bangin’ a 16-yo is fine. Meanwhile, at home, 17 would see me in a concrete and steel box. Weird. Of course our laws make Europe look positively rapey, if one believes 18 is some moral, hard limit. Guess it’s no surprise our laws are more puritanical.

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      1 month ago

      I could hop any of 3 state lines and bangin’ a 16-yo is fine

      Funny enough, hopping the state line to do it is not so fine…but if you happen to be in the state for a different reason…

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        1 month ago

        Yep! Suddenly, TRAFFICKING! So weird living in such a huge country with so many conflicting laws. I have to check myself carrying a pistol across state lines!

        Are any other countries like this?! Fuck me. Federal, state, county and city laws can all be contradictory.