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I agree with most of your comment except your last statement... Sexually abusing or raping a child that has started puberty is just as bad as doing it to a younger child. Our laws protect minors, and if the victim is 17 then the predator should be charged with raping/sexually abusing a minor. I really don't think the age of the child makes the abuse less traumatic.
I wasn't talking about forcible rape, I was talking about teenagers engaging in consensual sex. Lotta that going on these days... calling it "rape" doesn't make a lot of sense, anymore than putting a 15yo in prison for having consensual sex with his 14yo GF, or putting a 14yo girl in prison for posting her own nude pic on a cellphone. These are misguided youths who need some help getting their life squared away, not child-abusing criminals.