• guyrocket@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    Are people actually getting their undies in a bunch over a 3 year age gap? I find that hard to believe.

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      11 months ago

      There are a lot of crazies out there. Some twitch or YouTube streamer I forgot the name of was accused of pedophilia for dating a minor a few years ago. His girlfriend was 17. He was 18 at the time.

      • TurboDiesel@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        IIRC a few years ago they tried to charge an 18 year old with possession of CP for having nudes of his 17 year old girlfriend at the time. Apparently her parents found out about their relationship and didn’t approve. Which seems like something that could have been handled with a sit-down talk rather than arresting him and potentially putting him on a list for life, but what do I know.

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          11 months ago

          Ya. The law is dumb as shit. I remember a story of a high school boy, i think 16yo, was tried for CP for having photos of himself on his phone.

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          11 months ago

          Yeah, most states have clauses in their laws for small age differences in relationships when one partner is below the age of consent, but the photographs make it more tricky because that’ll be sexual photographs of a minor forever.

          Risky reporting it to the police though, since there have actually been cases of charging the underage girl with distribution, which is weird.

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            11 months ago

            If I remember correctly, there was at least one case where a woman was accused for production of child pornography for her own photos found during phone repair. Can’t find the link though

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      11 months ago

      3 year age gap is nothing. I don’t understand people’s need to be disgusted by or police consenting adults.

      There’s 15 years between me and my partner. Both 30+ so both very much consenting adults. But Christ, you still get people chirping with the ‘power differential’ bullshit. Like seriously, you’d think I was 13 the way people go at the age gap. Then again, that was when I actually used Reddit so.

      People are always gonna be outraged by something stupid.