A related point that probably bears making/​repeating:
Part of the justification for statutory rape laws is that some people are in a position in which they have so much power over someone that any request from them could be inherently coercive. Some specific examples in which statutory rape may apply even when the victim is a mentally competent adult:
A related point that probably bears making/​repeating:
Part of the justification for statutory rape laws is that some people are in a position in which they have so much power over someone that any request from them could be inherently coercive. Some specific examples in which statutory rape may apply even when the victim is a mentally competent adult:
Prison guards and prison inmates
Military officers and lower ranking soldiers
High school teachers and 18 year old students