This sure is a touchy subject as well as a very heated discussion. I was never molested or raped in any sence of the word as a child. My first expierence was at 16 with if I remember correctlya guy in who was 20 or so not real sure now. I did consent to it, but as I recall I didn't really enjoy it, but he wasn't so concerened with my enjoyment or my lack of expierence either. I don't consider it rape just a bad first time which is generally how most people view their first times after awhile, once they have more expierence etc.
As for the issue. I am not a college eductaed man or extremely intelligent. I don't watch the news or follow the current world order. I just know that an adult doing anything to a child, regardless of the child's relationship to the adult, is wrong. Adults should protect and nurture children. Age of consent laws are there for a reason. There are fuzzy areas as someone mentioned previously, but in most cases these laws stem from when and how we as people develop, that is, our brains and bodies. In most states in the US having sex with a MINOR, someone under the age of 18 is considered rape, consentual or not. Statutory rape can still be charged against the "adult", regardless the minor's consent. Just remember that guys. They may consent at the time but later on they can always change their minds and file charges and you will be in the slammer doing time.