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In reply to the discussion: Tennessee Supreme Court Considers Whether Minor Is An Accomplice In Her Own Statutory Rape [View all]Jeff In Milwaukee
(13,992 posts)This has nothing whatsoever to do with the choices of a 14-year-old. Under the law, a child under the age of consent is not able to make choices, so what this child "decided" is not relevant.
I'm a 52-year-old male. If a fourteen-year-old child shows up on my doorstep, buck naked and screaming "Fuck me, Fuck me, Fuck me NOW" the situation is utterly and completely mine to control. If I choose to engage in sex with this child, it's rape. That the child may have expressed consent is not an issue because the child is not CAPABLE of consenting. If I choose to rape a minor, it makes no difference if the child was a willing participant, if the child was legally drunk, or if a beat her senseless first. Rape is rape.
The only choice that matters is the choice made by the adult -- a choice to rape a child and violate the law.
What they're doing in Tennessee is disgusting and disturbing.