In all fifty States laws distinguish BETWEEN LEGAL AND illegal SEXUAL RELATIONS` BASED ON THE Age difference BETWEEN THE participating MAN AND WOMAN These Statutory RAPE LAW VARY FROM state to STATE: while Most view sexual relations. between an adult male(over age18) and an "underage" female as statutory rape, the age of consent for women ranges from 11 to 18 Despite the fact the statutory rape laws exist in almost every state, they are rarely enforced, and perpetrators are infrequently prosecuted . In recent years, however these laws have come under increased scrutiny which means that changes may be on the horizon.
statutory rape laws have become newsworthy in large part because of their relationship to teenage pregnancy . It is estimated that over 60 percent of the fathers of babies born to teenage mothers art not teenagers themselves, but adult men . People concerned with ameliorating the costs of teenage pregnancy-upwards of 2$ billion in annual welfare and foodstamp payments alone-have often been concerned with the role of the fathers (or absent fathers) and their financial contributions to their offspring . studies revealing the relatively older age of the fathers are appealing because they essentially criminalize the vast majority of teenage pregnancies. Because they see criminalization as a deterrent to future teenage pregnancies, some groups have argued that the laws should be enforced with more regularity .Others want the laws to be enforced not because of their potential to deter teenage pregnancy or reduce taxpayer burden, but because of what they perceive to be the tremendous social costs of statutory rape : the. victimization and exploitation of young women by older man
In all fifty States laws distinguish BETWEEN LEGAL AND illegal SEXUAL RELATIONS` BASED ON THE Age difference BETWEEN THE participating MAN AND WOMAN These Statutory RAPE LAW VARY FROM state to STATE: while Most view sexual relations. between an adult male(over age18) and an "underage" female as statutory rape, the age of consent for women ranges from 11 to 18 Despite the fact the statutory rape laws exist in almost every state, they are rarely enforced, and perpetrators are infrequently prosecuted . In recent years, however these laws have come under increased scrutiny which means that changes may be on the horizon.
statutory rape laws have become newsworthy in large part because of their relationship to teenage pregnancy . It is estimated that over 60 percent of the fathers of babies born to teenage mothers art not teenagers themselves, but adult men . People concerned with ameliorating the costs of teenage pregnancy-upwards of 2$ billion in annual welfare and foodstamp payments alone-have often been concerned with the role of the fathers (or absent fathers) and their financial contributions to their offspring . studies revealing the relatively older age of the fathers are appealing because they essentially criminalize the vast majority of teenage pregnancies. Because they see criminalization as a deterrent to future teenage pregnancies, some groups have argued that the laws should be enforced with more regularity .Others want the laws to be enforced not because of their potential to deter teenage pregnancy or reduce taxpayer burden, but because of what they perceive to be the tremendous social costs of statutory rape : the. victimization and exploitation of young women by older man
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