n. the legal concept that someone 18 or older
having sex with someone younger than 18 is
committing a felony. Members of NAMBLA advocate committing this with young boys,
apparently. Even less than 100 years ago, it was common for men to marry teen girls as young as 13. I guess all those men committed statutory rape.
John is 18 and Jane is 17, and John was
arrested and put in jail and now is a
convicted felon even though Jane married him on her 18th
birthday. What a crazy country we live in.