The age of consent in most states in the US is 16 that means at 16 you can have sex with anyone 16 and older and it is not illegal. If your 16 daughter has a 32 year old boyfriend and they have sex it is not illegal in most places. (Gross but not illegal) I see questions on here from parents wanting to throw their girls 19 20 y/o boyfriends in jail because their daughter is pregant. I have a daughter so i know that it is frustrating and upsetting to think about it but still it is completely legali know in my state this teacher had sex with a student he was in his 30's and she was 17. Lost his job because it was unethical but was not charged with statutory rape. Out law is 16 for age of consent and that outragged people in the community. But here that is legal if he was not her teacher her parents could not of even gotten him fired