Can my parents press charges against my boyfriend?please,help me?
Yes. Your parents can press charges and they should AGAINST both men for statutory rape. If you are not 18, (a legal adult), and someone has sexual contact with you they are rapists. A 24 year old man has no business with a 16 year old girl in the first place!! That should never have started. They are responsible for allowing the relationship in the first place. Some teenagers think they are adults and know what’s best for them and turn on their parents when they try to tell them the right way. It’s disappointing that your parents would tell you to google for an answer instead of working it out with the authorities and maybe counselors.
Sorry; but the truth is that he is 24 and you’re still 16, yes, your mom can press charges on your boyfriend and even though you love him and say it’s consensual, it doesn’t matter because of the age difference! My advice is to stay away from him until you’re 18 if you truly love him, otherwise you will probably be visiting him in jail!
Dear Jazz, Perhaps it’s because I’m from Europe, that I think differently than most people answering your questions about your boyfriend. This side of the world, the rules on teenage sex and relationships are far less strict than in the USA. On the one hand, this is a good thing, because it gives people freedom to choose what they want. On the other hand, it’s a dangerous thing, because it requires a huge sense of responsability, which some people simply don’t have. If I’d have to choose, I would choose for the European way, because it makes people think for themselves: What is right? What is wrong? And this is something you should ask yourself too, Jazz. What is right? What is wrong? Ask yourself, do you really love your boyfriend? What does “love” mean to you? Do you just enjoy the sex? Or do you truly feel this guy is the right person for you? What does “marriage” mean to you? Do you truly feel you want to engage with somebody, while you’re still so young and have so many opportunit
The law does not provide for you to have any say in this situation. Well, let me rephrase that, the law only provides for adults to have any say in this situation and since your aren’t one of those, you have no say. An adult cannot have sexual intercourse with a non-adult. It is not up to a parent to enforce this. It is called “statutory” rape since that statute says it is illegal. When an adult male has sexual intercourse with an adult female, they both either agree it was consentual or one may say it was rape and press charges. Bottom line the ADULTS decide and can act accordingly. “Statutory” rape takes the decision away from all persons involved and deems the action a crime. So, you don’t have to “press charges” and neither does your mother. All anyone has to do is report the sexual intercourse to the police and your “boyfriend” will be getting arrested when found and will be going to jail. And, don’t take this the wrong way, but in this modern 21st century world, no 16 year old ca
