consent

It's stupid and pointless to lock someone up because they had sex with a teenager. It's stupid, teens have sex with teens and adults have sex with adults, so why can't adults have sex with teens? Hell I have several friends who could go to prison for having sex with their 13-17 year old...

Consent of the governed is an important aspect of many theories of political philosophy. One of the questions that is often brought up is whether tacit consent (not refusing consent, but not necessarily consenting) should qualify as consent. If it doesn't, is it right for the state to have...