Statutory rape is often not heard about as much as rape because, it is a form of rape that isn’t as big, and sometimes it isn’t taken seriously especially the way the media portrays it. Statutory rape refers to sexual relations involving someone below the “age of consent.” People below the age of consent cannot legally consent to having sex. This means that sex with them, by definition, violates the law. If a 25 year old man were to have any type of sexual relations with a 15 year old that would be statutory rape. This is a serious matter that may or not be taken as seriously as it should. The media is constantly showing segments on rape. For some people especially teenagers they see these segments and blow it off like it’s no big deal when
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A lot of times a rape crime will get taken to the supreme court and later on they find out that the girl was never raped she just got in trouble so she decided to say she was raped because then she wouldn’t be at fault or in any trouble with her parents. This is a common issue that we face today. An example of this type of case is a 17 year old boy (Alan Jepsen) had sex with his 14 year old girlfriend and was charged with a felony for statutory rape. “Alan Jepsen was playing videogames at his home in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, when the cops came knocking on his door. He was handcuffed in front of his sister and thrown in jail. In the words of his attorney, Jeffrey Purnell, “This child, this 17-year-old high-school kid, had to spend a week in jail—they locked him up and they put him in jail with grown-ups. His crime: Having sex with his 14-year-old girlfriend. And, perhaps, being a boy.” (Diaz-Duran, Constantino. The Daily Beast. Newsweek/Daily Beast, n.d. Web. 17 Nov. …show more content…
Even though they are different it doesn’t necessarily mean that those states don’t care about this matter, it just depends on the states statics of statutory rape. Florida law states that unlawful sexual activity with certain minors if someone age 24 or older engages in sexual activity with someone age 16 or 17. With a penalty of up to 15 years in prison. In Florida 1 of 6 women will be raped. 41.8% of women or 3,111,000, in Florida have been victimized by sexual violence other than rape. 79.6% of female victims who have experience one or more completed rape experienced the first rape before the age of 25; 42.2% were under 18 at the time of the first completed
A lot of times a rape crime will get taken to the supreme court and later on they find out that the girl was never raped she just got in trouble so she decided to say she was raped because then she wouldn’t be at fault or in any trouble with her parents. This is a common issue that we face today. An example of this type of case is a 17 year old boy (Alan Jepsen) had sex with his 14 year old girlfriend and was charged with a felony for statutory rape. “Alan Jepsen was playing videogames at his home in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, when the cops came knocking on his door. He was handcuffed in front of his sister and thrown in jail. In the words of his attorney, Jeffrey Purnell, “This child, this 17-year-old high-school kid, had to spend a week in jail—they locked him up and they put him in jail with grown-ups. His crime: Having sex with his 14-year-old girlfriend. And, perhaps, being a boy.” (Diaz-Duran, Constantino. The Daily Beast. Newsweek/Daily Beast, n.d. Web. 17 Nov. …show more content…
Even though they are different it doesn’t necessarily mean that those states don’t care about this matter, it just depends on the states statics of statutory rape. Florida law states that unlawful sexual activity with certain minors if someone age 24 or older engages in sexual activity with someone age 16 or 17. With a penalty of up to 15 years in prison. In Florida 1 of 6 women will be raped. 41.8% of women or 3,111,000, in Florida have been victimized by sexual violence other than rape. 79.6% of female victims who have experience one or more completed rape experienced the first rape before the age of 25; 42.2% were under 18 at the time of the first completed