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That’s why statutory rape is a thing. It can legally be rape even if the victim doesn’t object, because the victim was not legally capable of consenting. Children who have been groomed often believe that the sex was consensual, but they were legally incapable of consenting.
Didn't exactly answer my question.
Because the question is inherently flawed; With statutory rape, it doesn’t matter what the victim claims. The victim can claim it was consensual, but it’s still rape.
The question was simple, and the answer was no. And what a waste of time otherwise
Don't be deliberately obtuse.
Let me clairify. The issue is question of how much experience someone needs to be able to make an INFORMED conscent choice with someone who has the Privledge of more time. It's easy to lie to the young.
If you don't care about informed consent, no one cares about you, so you needn't bother replying.
I, of course, care about informed consent. What I find funny is that folks on here don't seem to find a semblance of balanced character when asked to answer a simple question. The truth is that the person in question never claimed she was raped, that's it. Whether you all think she is a rape victim or not is truth be told irrelevant to the question. That's all.