Dating Age Laws In Texas
What do state laws mean by the age of consent?
I heard the age of consent here in Texas is 17. Does it have to do with protection from statutory rape charges? I know someone who is 17 & is dating a guy in his 20′s. Would he be protected from statutory rape charges since the girl is 17, going on 18?
Two meanings — but the one that you seem to be asking about relates to the age at which people are to consent to having sex.
Below that age — children are presumed to be incapable of giving consent — so that any sex with someone over that age is considered to be rape (sex without consent) — because it is based on a statutory legal definition of lack of consent, it is referred to as statutory rape.
Each jurisdiction has specific ages — and some also have special provisions if the people are close to the same age — even if one is over and the other under. Check you local listings.
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