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RightatNYU said:I mean an over/under limitation like they have in most states, with a year lag on either side.
Ex.
15/15 = okay
16/16 = okay
17/17 = okay
17/18 = okay
17/19 = okay
17/20 = okay
16/19 = okay
16/20 = not okay
15/19 = not okay
That doesn't make sense. The issue with age of consent laws should be whether or not the minor is capable of consent, not whether or not you consider a relationship of a large age difference to be moral or immoral.
If a 15 year old is legally capable of consent with another 15-year-old, they are also capable of consent with a 22-year-old. Any other standard would be no different than making sex between a 25/40 illegal, as it is just your personal judgment on the morality of such relationships.