kgmets
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In their pre scene interview, both Ethan and Masyn Thorne stated that their first sexual experience was when they were 14 year old high school Freshmen, and that they were both seduced by high school seniors (a female did Ethan, and a male did Masyn Thorne). That legally made both the victims of statutory rape (meaning that a minor below the age of consent is legally incapable of consent even if he very much agrees to and wants the sexual act to take place). At common law, the age of consent was 18, so if two high school students had sex together, they technically both raped each other, notwithstanding their enthusiastic consent. Many but not all states have liberalized the common law by lowering the age of consent to 15 or 16, and some states have enacted an exception legalizing consensual sex between two high school students if they are within two years of each other in age. But because high school students socialize with each other which often leads to sexual relations, and since there are four grades in high school and not just two, that two year window that some states have does not completely resolve the issue. Further the old common law dates back to the middle ages when boys and girls sexually matured years later than they do in modern times with improved diet, etc. So even in the most liberal states with that two year window, you can have two high school couples, both one senior and one sophomore, having sex with one couple being perfectly legal because they are one day shy of being two years apart in age, and the other couple in big legal trouble, because they are two years and one day apart in age. In most situations, the consenting kids just keep their mouths shut (as apparently did both Ethan and Masyn Thorne), and nothing happens (look at how many high school frosh are being dated by high school seniors). But the potential legal injustice is when homophobic parents of a gay high school underclassman discover that he is in a consensual relationship with a high school classmate two years and a day older and file a complaint with the police. There may be little or no interest in discussing this issue on this Forum, but it is an important legal issue that can destroy young lives, and, since the pre scene interview of Ethan and Masyn Thorne did raise it, I thought it appropriate to start this tread for the Broke Straight Boys members' consideration.