Yes, that is odd. If two 14-year-olds have consensual sex, it is a crime because the first one can't consent. Whereas the second one is guilty of a crime. Or was that the second one? I'm completely mixed up, have they both committed a crime?

Imagine living in Manhattan and not being within 5 miles of a homeless shelter.

The article is about the sex offender registry. Did that play a role in your situation? It sounds like it did not.

Excellent question.

I can't for the life of me think why you would consider a 14 year old having sex with a 16 year old as even remotely being a crime.

There is probably more to the case than that — something that creates doubt or damages someone's reputation, without being criminal, is my guess. Something that creates bias, maybe.

You're reacting to a statement that has an entirely different meanings depending on the severity of the offense, or whether it was an offense at all.

72% of new sex offenders are juveniles

But sex with a 2 year age difference shouldn't be a crime at all. It's not "Level One" of anything.

Since when do people get punished or tagged based on predictions and indicators? The criterion is conviction of a crime.

It has a casino, harlequin look to it.

With that attitude I would not want you on my ™

A triple take?

It touches me when 80 year old men say to their female friends, in defiance of everything they see before their eyes, you're as beautiful as the first day I met you.

Your link is fantastic. It shows that within the logic of conservative Christian sexual mores, there is a strong argument against loading the responsibility on the girls. She's fine with tight control of sexuality, but it's a question of whose task it is. And many of the commenters support her.

Evil is live spelled backwards, Andrew J. Offutt, 1970

hinting at racism (country of ancestral origin - really?)

I should have written out their real names first and then replaced.

All else is commentary!

Why are all the comments about everything but the 19th Amendment? It is not so boring. Here is an image from hunger strikers in England.