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The legal age of consent to sexual activity is 16. However, there are “close in age” exceptions for youth as young as 12 years old. A 12 or 13-year-old may consent to sexual activity with a partner who is less than '''two years''' older than them given that there is no relationship of trust, authority, dependency, or other exploitation. Similarly, a 14 or 15-year-old may consent to sexual activity with a partner who is less than '''five years''' older than them if there is no relationship of trust, authority, dependency, or other exploitation. Then, the following table can be tabulated:
The legal age of consent to sexual activity is 16. However, there are “close in age” exceptions for youth as young as 12 years old. A 12 or 13-year-old may consent to sexual activity with a partner who is less than '''two years''' older than them given that there is no relationship of trust, authority, dependency, or other exploitation. Similarly, a 14 or 15-year-old may consent to sexual activity with a partner who is less than '''five years''' older than them if there is no relationship of trust, authority, dependency, or other exploitation. Then, the following table can be tabulated:


'''Legal Age of Consent by Partner's Age vs. Youth's Age'''
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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! Youth's Age
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|  || 12 || 13 || 14 || 15 || 16
|  || 12 || 13 || 14 || 15 || 16
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 12 || ٧ || ٧ || ٧ || x || x
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 13 || ٧ || ٧ || ٧ || ٧ || x
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 14 || ٧ || ٧ || ٧ || ٧ || ٧
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 15 || x || ٧ || ٧ || ٧ || ٧
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 16 || x || x || ٧ || ٧ || ٧
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| 17 || x || x || ٧ || ٧ || ٧
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| 18 || x || x || ٧ || ٧ || ٧
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| 20 || x || x || x || ٧ || ٧
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