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Originally Posted by Boothy

Should be a worse punishment the younger they go IMO. What I find most stupid though, is that someone my age (17) who is in a relationship with a 15 year old, which I would say is acceptable, and has sex with them, could technically be charged with rape.

In cases like these, the fact that the person "breaking the law" is only a teenager themselves should be taken into consideration.

to answer the original question, obviously the younger the victim is, the more disturbing it is but I don't think there should be different categories, an adult has no business sleeping with or chatting up children and I do consider a 14/15 year old a child.