sexual intercourse with a female below the legal age of consent but above the age
of a child, even if the female gave her consent, did not resist and/or mutually
participated. In all but three states the age of consent is 18, and the age above
which the female is no longer a child varies, although 14 is common. The theory
of statutory rape is that the girl is incapable of giving consent, although marriage
with a parent's consent is possible in many states at ages as low as 14. Intercourse
with a female child (below 14 or whatever the state law provides) is rape, which
is a felony. Increasingly statutory rape is not charged when there is clear consent
by the female, particularly when the girl will not cooperate in a prosecution. Controversy
continues over what constitutes "resistance" or "consent," particularly when some
men insist a woman who said "no" really meant "yes. "
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