Statutory Rape in Canada
Statutory Rape in Canada is defined as any sexual contact with a person under the age of consent. This usually refers to an adults touching children for sexual purposes. The age of consent is consistent across Canada and does not vary between provinces. This means that people who are 15 years of age or younger cannot legally consent to sexual activity.
Engaging in sexual activity or sexual touching of a person under the age of consent can result in, among other charges, a charge of statutory rape. In , the age of consent was changed from 14 years of age to 16 years of age.
In Florida, the age of consent is 18 years of age, meaning individuals who is at least 24 years of age and a minor who is 16 or 17 years old.
This means anyone younger than 17 years of age cannot lawfully consent to any type of sex act involving sexual conduct. Sexual conduct is the touching of any sex organ of another. To be blunt, a 17 year old boyfriend who touches, for his sexual gratification , the breasts of his 16 year old girlfriend has committed a sex crime, which could put him on the Illinois sex offender registration list.
Actually, any voluntary sexual activity between two 16 year olds could put both of them on the sex offender registration list. An arrest and criminal prosecution is much more likely when there is any type of disparity in age. In other words, the accused had a valid reason to believe that the other persons age was at, or beyond, the legal age of consent.
Again, consent is a legal term, not a factual term. Illinois has multiple laws in place to protect minors from sexual exploitation.