[PapaBear3625]

Some states do not permit sex between a student and a teacher, even if that student is 18 and legally an adult. It’s all about power and the fact that someone in authority (a teacher or an administrator) can have an adverse influence over a student — “You either have sex with me or I’ll fail you.”

Does that carry over into criminalizing relationships between college professors and students? If not, why not? What is the difference between an 18 yo high school senior and an 18 yo college freshman?

Even though I'm a father with daughters, my attitude is that there needs to be an age where you consider a young person to be a complete, self-responsible adult, and 18 sounds like a good age.

[goldi]

I don’t know if colleges have a policy regarding relationships between students and their professors. Some states do regarding high schools. The onus is on the people in authority — teachers, administrators, not the 18-year-old student.

[AlmaKing]

I think 18 is pretty much the standard. I’m agreeing with you. I don’t see illegality here. It’s maybe ‘against policy’, but not illegal.