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Originally Posted by sethypooh21
That's, uhm, exactly what they were designed for. Sorry doc.
lol wat, you really think the original purpose of a law to statutory rape law was to prevent women from lying about their age to men? So despite it being legal, these women were just lying everywhere about their age to **** older men? Come on man. The law is there to prevent older men from taking advantage of younger women.
Wiki is a bit funny:
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The original purpose of statutory rape laws was to protect young, unwed females from males who might impregnate them and not take responsibility by providing support for the child.[9] In the past, the solution to such problems was often a "shotgun wedding", a forced marriage called for by the parents of the girl in question. This rationale aims to preserve the marriageability of the girl and to prevent unwanted teenage pregnancy.[8]
But yeah, there's no reason for a person who reasonably believes he's banging a 19 year old to go to prison for five years because she's 16.