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The legal age of consent to sexual activity is 16. However, there are “close in age” exceptions for youth as young as 12 years old. A 12 or 13-year-old may consent to sexual activity with a partner who is less than '''two years''' older than them given that there is no relationship of trust, authority, dependency, or other exploitation. Similarly, a 14 or 15-year-old may consent to sexual activity with a partner who is less than '''five years''' older than them if there is no relationship of trust, authority, dependency, or other exploitation. Then, the following table can be tabulated: | The legal age of consent to sexual activity is 16. However, there are “close in age” exceptions for youth as young as 12 years old. A 12 or 13-year-old may consent to sexual activity with a partner who is less than '''two years''' older than them given that there is no relationship of trust, authority, dependency, or other exploitation. Similarly, a 14 or 15-year-old may consent to sexual activity with a partner who is less than '''five years''' older than them if there is no relationship of trust, authority, dependency, or other exploitation. Then, the following table can be tabulated: | ||
'''Legal Age of Consent by Partner's Age vs. Youth's Age''' | |||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- | |- | ||
| || 12 || 13 || 14 || 15 || 16 | | || 12 || 13 || 14 || 15 || 16 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 12 || ٧ || ٧ || ٧ || x || x | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 13 || ٧ || ٧ || ٧ || ٧ || x | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 14 || ٧ || ٧ || ٧ || ٧ || ٧ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 15 || x || ٧ || ٧ || ٧ || ٧ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 16 || x || x || ٧ || ٧ || ٧ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 17 || x || x || ٧ || ٧ || ٧ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 18 || x || x || ٧ || ٧ || ٧ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 19 || x || x || ٧ || ٧ || ٧ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 20 || x || x || x || ٧ || ٧ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 21 || x || x || x || x || ٧ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 22 || x || x || x || x || ٧ | ||
|} | |} | ||
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