# Why do '70s rock stars get a pass on statutory rape?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-70s-rock-stars-get-a-pass-on-statutory-rape/742919>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 12, 2016, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-70s-rock-stars-get-a-pass-on-statutory-rape/742919 "2016-01-12T12:27:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-70s-rock-stars-get-a-pass-on-statutory-rape/742919/161 "2016-01-21T14:48:16Z")

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ah, the 70s:

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> At that point, I was 15 and totally in love with this man. I put him on a pedestal. It became so serious that Jimmy asked my mom for permission to be with me

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**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-70s-rock-stars-get-a-pass-on-statutory-rape/742919/162 "2016-01-21T15:13:23Z")

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> [@up\_the\_junction](#):
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> ah, the 70s:

“That Mr. Page, such a nice and polite young man. Why, I was happy to let him keep his pet mudshark in our bathtub.”

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-70s-rock-stars-get-a-pass-on-statutory-rape/742919/163 "2016-01-22T08:15:34Z")

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> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#):
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> “That Mr. Page, such a nice and polite young man. Why, I was happy to let him keep his pet mudshark in our bathtub.”

I was never anywhere near Jimmy Page’s bathtub.

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**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-70s-rock-stars-get-a-pass-on-statutory-rape/742919/164 "2016-01-22T09:54:14Z")

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> [@Mudshark](#):
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> I was never anywhere near Jimmy Page’s bathtub.

Ahh, but how old were you when you were nowhere near his bathtub? Translated to human years, of course.

Full disclosure: I started dating my wife when she was 17 and I was 23. I had also dated a 21 year old when I was 16. Nobody was terribly pleased with the situation either time, but everyone gritted their teeth and moved on. Nobody was being harmed, no matter how much sex was happening. The people involved all let cooler heads prevail.

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