[Forx]

Here's what RMS wrote: "I think it is morally absurd to define "rape" in a way that depends on minor details such as which country it was in or whether the victim was 18 years old or 17." Meaning, you can't count on law to dictate what is moral and what is not. Rape is immoral whatever the country and whatever the age.

[sildur]

Also, and I may be wrong on the US side of this, because I only know for sure the Spanish side, the Americans call rape to the sexual abuse of an underage from an adult. Here in Spain we use a specific term, I think it would translate to "child sexual abuse". Using "rape" feels weird. It is wrong, it is a crime, but I feel calling everything rape makes a disservice to true rape victims.

But then, it is their country, their laws, so I'm fine. I'd never live in the US, though. Very punitive society. I read that people has been charged with child abuse for sending, while being underage, images to another underage which is absolutely insane. And then, I heard, when they move to a new place, even if they finish their sentence, they have to notify everyone they were a "child abuser" in the past. Which is very very very spiteful. Oh, and if they had been in jail in the past they have to notify their employer!!! It is so common, it is a key part of the plot of Ant-Man. It is so, so sad... Feels like a fascist dystopia.