If we were to take your querry seriously, what of the couples under 18 whom have sex? Is everything honky dory until one of them reaches their eighteenth birthday and becomes a "child molester?"
Never mind that it was his own cousin and his moves on her were unwelcome. Allegedly.
But anyway, it's generally your side of the political spectrum that imposes retarded, draconian variations of 'statutory rape' on our nation's youngins, not mine. (Remember that 17-year old in Georgia who got 10 years for letting his 15-year old girlfriend give him a BJ?)
The age of consent/child pornography laws in this country are ridiculous: http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/06/21/ill-supreme-court-sex-with-17-year-old-was-legal-pictures-were-not/
I fully agree. IIRC, Texas in 1890 raised the age of consent to 10 ... from seven. Anyway, now it's 17. I think it should be lowered (to about 15, give or take one year), but no politician can be seen calling for it to be lowered. LOL -- well, it would be funny if it weren't such a drain on legal resources.
P.S. I'm the father of three daughters, age 10 to 20. And no, I've never been arrested or threatened with arrest for sexual offenses -- well, except this one time when my 17-yo gf and my 17-yo self were caught
inflagrante delicto in the back of a car. They called that "public lewdness" even though most of the "public" wasn't any nearer than about five miles. We weren't arrested. Don't tell my kids.