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The age of consent in Belize is 16 [1], the same as in much of the world (and the majority of US states [2]), so legally she is a woman.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_North_Americ...

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_North_Americ...

I don't see the flow of your argument. I would have called her a seventeen year old girl that is legally allowed to have sex. We normally associate adulthood with voting age.

We who?

Maybe you meant to say "age of majority" instead of voting age"?

agreed. that little nugget of information begs to be fleshed out.

Apparently the age of consent is 16 in Belize: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_North_Americ...

Eh, when an older rich guy moves to a poor country there's never much doubt about his reasons (unless he's genuinely running from the law). Another example

http://www.hulu.com/watch/314835/billionaire

And he's 66... pretty odd. There are plenty of women in their mid twentys if he likes younger chicks.