Sexuality can exist only with acknowledgment of personhood.
Statutory rape is based on manipulation and exploitation of the victim, not respect and intimacy. Statutory rape is unlawful sexual intercourse accomplished with a person who is not the spouse of the perpetrator, if the person is a minor. A minor is a person under the age of 18 years of age. In 1994 over 70,000 teens gave birth in the State of California. The misconception is that the teens become pregnant by peers.