<p>^The age of consent in like 80% of the states is either 16 or 17. And it’s only your job to check for her age if you have a reason to believe she’s not of legal age. If she illegally finagled her way into an 18+ bar, odds are she’s going to lie about her age and maybe even show you her fake. Technically, having sex w/ her would be illegal but you wouldn’t get prosecuted because you were under the false pretense that she was of age. The laws are intended to punish those that knowingly have sex w/ a minor.</p>
<p>“Technically, having sex w/ her would be illegal but you wouldn’t get prosecuted because you were under the false pretense that she was of age.”</p>
<p>That depends. I believe everywhere (and certainly almost everywhere, but I don’t know if there’s one or two states where this isn’t the case) you could potentially be prosecuted, whether you had any reason to believe she (or he) was under the age of consent. Whether or not you actually get prosecuted in that situation… That depends.</p>
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<p>That’ll only help if you want people to think you’re a jackass.</p>
<p>Considering 18-year olds get sent to prison and registered for life as sex offenders because of having sex with someone who’s 17 in an 18 AOC state, I wouldn’t be surprised if you also got put in the slammer for having sex with someone who’s not supposed to be at a bar.</p>
<p>this is actually a pretty creepy thread, when ya think about it</p>
<p>For those of you wondering, there have been cases in which males have been incarcerated for having sex with females who have said they were of legal age, but actually weren’t. There’s a case that happened a few years ago with a dude having sex with this teenager that he met on myspace and was convicted, even though she said she was 18. Normally, I’d look it up, but I don’t feel like it right now.</p>
<p>“Isn’t the age of sexual consent in most states 16 or 17?”</p>
<p>In Michigan the age of consent is 16 BUT once you are 18 you cannot have sex with someone under 18, or their parents can choose to press charges. Here at 16 you can really only consent to sex with another 16 year old or a 17 year old</p>
<p>Some states actually have a discrepancy rule for minor age differences between kids who are dating - IE, if you’re 17 and you have a 16 year old girlfriend and suddenly you turn 18, you can still legally have sex with her because you’re less than 2-3 years apart in age. So if the OP is young enough he could have sex with an under AOC girl and still not get charged in many states.</p>
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<p>That’s actually not true. The age of consent is 16 in Michigan. Period. Show me something that says differently. I always hear of “Oh my friend’s friend got arrested for having sex with a 16 year old when he was 18.” But whenever I read the laws, they all say 16 period. [Yes I did have to do some research on this when I was 16…]</p>
<p>Okay sorry, but when I was a little kid, I often asked adults about their age and they refused to disclose their ages (or they even lied). Is this acceptable practice around other people who aren’t kids?</p>
<p>Or in other words, isn’t it common for people not to disclose their age? Just like it’s common for people not to disclose their weight?</p>
<p>This has nothing to do with picking females up or anything. I’m not the only person uncomfortable with my own age - it seems like a lot of adults are uncomfortable about their ages too. </p>
<p>And I’m not up to anything, seriously. I just have severe ADD and Asperger’s. That’s all.</p>
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<p>And about the way I used to deflect that question: it was just for fun. I only did it around people who seemed to enjoy it, really.</p>
<p>And yes, I know I need counseling, but my school’s counseling centers are overcrowded and people can only meet once every few weeks. And my insurance is stingy so it wont pay for any kind of counseling</p>
<p>No, it is not common among college students to refuse to disclose their age. Older people, likely–depending who you ask. </p>
<p>But for the most part, the average person who does not qualify for AARP or a free Hover Round scooter, doesn’t care.</p>
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I don’t see why an adult would lie about their age to a little kid. I guess sometimes they might do it completely as a joke, because kids are poor judges of age, but I would not find it acceptable if an adult was simply uncomfortable with their age and chose to seriously pretend to be younger (to a person of any age, not just kids).</p>
<p>I guess you are kind of right about women not disclosing their age, because that does seem to be fairly common. I think it’s completely ridiculous and unacceptable, but I don’t make the rules. It’s also pointless to be ashamed of disclosing weight. The problem with weight is the physical appearance, not the number. In both cases, I think shame is a cultural product and is just another symptom of our broken way of life.</p>
<p>gotakun-- people, including doctors, always guess that I weigh at least 30 pounds less than I actually do. I’LL NEVER TELL!!! XD</p>
<p>^I bet you weigh 370 lbs.</p>
<p>I BET YOU DO!!!</p>
<p>So there.</p>
<p>:*(</p>
<p>My scale told me I weigh 165.4 lbs, but it’s been known to hide the truth.</p>
<p>My scale is actually the one who killed JFK. I dropped it on a device used to pull a cord and pull a trigger. The CIA questioned it, but it stayed quiet.</p>
<p>What’s wrong with you? Just tell them your age. I got scolded for my age when I was in Iraq. I was the youngest guy in the unit (I was deployed when I was 18). Everybody was old enough to be my father except for a select few. I received some nick names like one of the nicknames I had was a title of a song that came out the year I was born and etc… But I didn’t let it bother me because usually people make fun of each other as a sign of “acceptance” and all that other stuff. </p>
<p>Almost everybody is the same age in college anyways if you’re the “traditional” college student. The only problem I see is if you’re the thirty-year old hitting on the young college girls mentioned above.</p>
<p>When you hit 40 or 50, yeah, it’s okay to wink and say “A gentleman never tells” when someone asks you your age/weight. But if you’re a college kid and look like you’re that age then people will find it a little weird that you are so secretive about it.</p>