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A friend of mine just got arrested for statutory **** and sexual assault and I don't know what to think.
Basically, he's a 20-year old guy who was caught having (supposedly) consensual sex with a 13-year old and a 15-year old.
A bunch of my other friends are supporting him and saying he did nothing wrong, but I just can't stand by that. They all say it was "consensual", but I still don't believe a 13-15 year old can give consent. Not to a 20 year old man.
So now I don't know what to do. I want to be supportive of him emotionally because he's going to jail, but I don't want to tell him "it's alright you were having sex with little kids" because it's really not. I also don't know how to deal with my friends who seem offended by the notion that I think what he did was wrong. One of my friends even accused me of being homophobic, when she really should know better. If it was a 13/15 year old girl I would feel the same exact way.
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