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You really should check your facts on that first statement my friend. Frankly you are dead wrong and should not be spreading this kind of false info, it’s dangerous to minors. Only 24 states have age of consent below 18, and a number of those have restrictions on age gaps between participants. And of those 24 states that don’t come close to covering “the majority” of the population of the United States.

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They were two states off from being factually correct with their "majority" comment. Barely an exaggeration and far from warranting your overreaction.

As I said this is close to a majority of states by count, but far from a majority by population. Read better. I guess you don’t think we should be mindful of false information about sex with minors being written as fact on the Internet and should go uncorrected. Check! Me, I don’t feel that way, I’ll correct it.

Okay. I relied on this wikipedia entry. [0]

Which states "As of April 2021, of the total fifty U.S. states, approximately thirty have an age of consent of 16 (with this being the most common age of consent in the country), a handful set the age of consent at 17, and in about eleven states the age is 18."

Which clearly seems like a majority to me.

I think you're confusing "Unrestricted" with "Restricted by Authority." You'll note that the "Restricted by Authority" age is often younger than the "Unrestricted" age. Which accounts for our different tallies. [1]

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent_in_North_Americ...

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent_in_the_United_S...

Bringing receipts. Well done. Hope they learn something.

I’m not confused. Thank you though.

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