# Okay for a 14 year old boy and 23 year old woman to have sex?

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**Created:** [June 30, 2004, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-for-a-14-year-old-boy-and-23-year-old-woman-to-have-sex/252804 "2004-06-30T01:03:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 2, 2004, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-for-a-14-year-old-boy-and-23-year-old-woman-to-have-sex/252804/219 "2004-07-02T02:21:39Z")

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> Kinsey would disagree.

I’m not familiar with his work.

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> So, you are proposing a legal limit at around age 12?

No. I do not support legal age restrictions.

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> So you don’t have a problem with the Catholic priests feeling up altar boys?

Do these altar boys consent to being felt up? Are they coerced or tricked into going along with it? Are they intimidated by the priest’s position of power over them?

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