But that doesn't mean they're legally adult. Or that it's fine to pressure them into sex with older men.
I stated a legal fact, without any judgment. That this gets downvoted says very little about me. It says a lot about Hackernews.
You stated it in a particular context. Either it was intended for this context and therefore meant to defend child sex trafficking, or it was not meant for this context, and thus off-topic.
If you meant it to be more nuanced than that, maybe include that nuance in your comment.
Among them, that we're not sympathetic to child sex trafficking.