Why Are Statutory Rape Laws in NC More Favorable for the...

Have you ever wondered what Statutory Rape really is? It is sexual intercourse with a minor. In humbler terms it is when a male adult 18 years or older has sexual intercourse with a female who is 17 years old or younger without consent. The issue that I have seen arise a great deal of the time is that the laws in most states are sexually biased when it comes to an adult male and an underage female. In this essay I want to specifically focus on the State of North Carolina, being that I live in this state. There is more than one type of rape believe it or not. According to (Article 7A NCGA) There is 1st Degree of Rape which is a person is guilty of rape if the person engages in vaginal intercourse with a victim who is under the age of 13†¦show more content†¦In other instances the cases are dismissed due to lack of evidence, no witnesses, or because of false or misleading information on the part of the accuser against the accused child rapist. In this instance because of false and misinformation from the accuser the accused male is given an unfair trial According to an article posted on (SexLaws.Org) there was a question and answer posted by a parent whose name is not mentioned in this article the parent lives in the state of North Carolina, and has a 15 year old teenage son. Her son wants to begin dating, but the only type of girls he seems to like are outside of his age range. They are older than him. In a case like this the child seems to only want to date someone who is o f an older age than him. He may not know or fully understand that in the long run if things between the two do not work out for one reason or another then the child or the child’s parent may seek to quote un quote seek revenge on the older party in this situation. In cases similar to this it seems as if the parent may force the child to say that the older party in a situation like this has committed a crime, when in fact both the underage child and the older person were fully aware and conscious of the relationship they have between each other. In my opinion this poses