First, a 20yo male is a MAN, not a boy! But regardless… For a 20yo man to be dating a 15yo girl, I don’t care how mature she is, it’s rape! I’d also add, that if the 20yo MAN has found his soulmate in a 15yo girl, then he must be one helluva immature little man! You also seem to be hung up on the fact that there is “ONLY” a 5yr age difference, and that if they were the same age difference, but both in their 20’s or 30’s there would be no issue, while you completely ignore the fact that the reason it is wrong, unethical, and of course illegal is because 15yo lack the maturity needed to make life changing decisions. That’s why we don’t let 15yo’s get married, get tattoos, get piercings (even ears in most states). 15yo’s cannot even leave the house wearing whatever they want, because they are still children! THAT is the issue most people here are having with your question, because SHE is a child, not because there is only 5yrs between them. What about an 18yo and a 13yo? Is THAT okay? I mean its the same age difference! What about two kids, let’s say a 16yo boy and an 11yo girl? You see its not the five year age difference, it’s because the girl is a child, and the MAN is an adult, and in our society we generally try to protect children from predators who would take advantage of their lack of maturity, especially at 15 when they THINK that they are all grown up! And I happen to have been 15, just 4yrs ago, so I know exactly how much I have matured in the past 4 years.
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My opinion of her would be that she probably doesn't know that she has just given him a nice stiff prison sentence for rape of a minor if in the US.
If in a Muslim country she could be 12 and it would be OK.1 1 0 2No...5 year range the prosecutors dont apply a charge nationally. Unless consent or rape or sexual asualt etc...
@Djaay Oh, so it is OK then since there is only a 5 year difference even though she is a minor?
Yes... as long as she's consenting to it and her parents are ok with it and there is'nt any complaints from her or her parents of crimminal assualt.. Thats why the justisical venue of that paticular subject is put at an age range instead.
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Ummm, that's indecency with a child under subsection a (1) in section 21.11 of the Texas penal code. One is a minor and one is more than 3 years older than the minor so the exemption carved out in b (1) isn't met here.
The male is guilty of a felony of the 2nd degree and shall be punished by imprisonment in the Texas Criminal Justice for any term of not more than 20 years and not less than 2 years and may be additionally punished by a fine not exceeding $10,000. They are also now a convicted felon and have to register as a sex offender for life, so good luck getting an apartment among other things...0 0 0 0You have to draw the line somewhere. 18 is generally considered adulthood, so that is as good a place as any in my opinion... In California they apparently think the line is 12 years old for consent... Thus, I would choose not to live, work, or play in a state like that. I know teenagers are going to have sex... When kids hit puberty it going to happen, but it's probably better if they stick to people around their own age and mental maturity levels until they are adults.
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41 57It is illegal.
Morally wrong.
And risky.3 2 0 1I honestly find it concerning that there is someone, who downvoted this
Hm, surely a pedophile. There’s quite a few on this site.
Tha the 20 year old deserves to be jailed or shot. And that the 15 year old needs some church or some caring parents.
1 0 0 2Statutory rape.
0 0 0 0Red flags all round, very much illegal and dude's probably a pedophile or groomer.
None of that is okay0 0 0 0I'm sure they had a good time!
0 0 0 0It's wrong, illegal and unethical. A 15 year old is a kid
0 2 0 2She's too young where I am, so he's at risk of being someone's prison bitch. Personally I would maybe be ok with it depending on the people involved. But I still think she should wait until older to have sex with an older man.
0 0 3 1Five years is a big difference when you are 15. If you are18 or more, it is not that big a difference.
@red_arrow yeah but she’s not 18 yet that’s the point so he needs to find an 18 year old or a woman his own age, or even a woman that’s older to have sex with or whatever.
if her mind is adult enough why not, I was just under 16 and I lost my virginity to a man aged around 44, glad I did, it was awesome,
0 0 1 0What happend? Was he a teacher or something?
@Kenzy009 Jesus Ken, Why do you repeatedly ask for the details of adult/child sex, every time it comes up?
@Kenzy009 no just a man I did errands for
Heady hormones!
Beware STD's and scrupulously use contraception.
Hopefully he cares enough and is skilled enough... to provide her
with a memorably 'good' early experience and NOT just 'use' her
like a piece of animate disposable meat!0 0 0 0It sounds illegal.
0 0 0 0She might just about find him mature by that age.
0 0 0 0A 15 yo shouldn't be having sex... PERIOD
0 0 0 0It’s predatory.
0 1 0 020 is a man not a boy and 15 is way too young. What does she know at that age? Literally nothing.. he needs to find an 18 year old woman, a woman his own age, or older.
0 0 0 0I think it’s quite illegal. Also paedophilic. That’s an adult having sex with a minor.
0 0 0 0It's wrong but not something either of them should necessarily be ostricized for
0 0 0 0That's illegal here and most places, so he's clearly a bad guy she shouldn't be with.
0 0 0 0Don’t do it… She’s too young for you.
0 0 0 0she's a teen he is legally an adult -a no go
0 0 0 0Yeah I think he's a paedophile.
0 0 0 0The pedophiles reputation is much worse than it should be. 99% of them are not the monsters everyone thinks about when mentioning the word "pedophile". There ARE some assholes and messed up people but that doesn't make them all assholes. There are assholes in America but that doesn't mean every single American is an asshole, does it?
@Valso You're right, there are a handful of Americans that are not assholes...
Paedophiles on the other hand are just straight up wrong.
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