American law on statutory rape badly needs an overhaul, looking perhaps to Germany as model: http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/12/sex-police-crimesoffendersregistry.html …https://twitter.com/ThaddeusRussell/status/661244213888073728 …
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Replying to @ChaseMadar
@ChMadar Yes, lower the legal age of consent, but judges deciding what is “taking advantage of an exploitative situation” scares me.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ThaddeusRussell
@ThaddeusRussell I hearya but I find it the least scary option (as long as it's joined with lowering legal age of consent)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ChaseMadar
@ChMadar Only sex that is physically coerced or extorted should be illegal.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ThaddeusRussell
@ThaddeusRussell Sure–but determining such, espesh extortion, is going to require the judgment of the state, no? Gray areas there too.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ChaseMadar
@ChMadar It's far narrower than allowing for criminalization of "exploitation," which could be applied to every adult-child interaction.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@ThaddeusRussell Fair point–though I wonder what gets lost in German-English translation & how the law is actually applied.
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