<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The age of consent is the age below which a minor is considered to be legally incompetent to consent to sexual acts . Consequently, an adult who engages in sexual activity with a minor younger than the age of consent cannot claim that the sexual activity was consensual, and such sexual activity may be considered statutory rape . The person below the minimum age is regarded as the victim and his or her sex partner is regarded as the offender, unless both are underage . The purpose of setting an age of consent is to protect an underage person from sexual advances . </P> <P> The term age of consent rarely appears in legal statutes . Generally, a law will instead establish the age below which it is illegal to engage in sexual activity with that person . It has sometimes been used with other meanings, such as the age at which a person becomes competent to consent to marriage, but the meaning given above is the one now generally understood . It should not be confused with other laws regarding age minimums including, but not limited to, the age of majority, age of criminal responsibility, voting age, drinking age, and driving age . </P>

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