What the map does not show is that the age of consent maybe 16 but an 18 year old cannot have sex legally with a 16 year old in a lot of these states. At least that how it is in my state.
the age of consent is 16, but if your partner is at/over the age of majority [18] then it's a crime.
Seriously, what's next? Citing the cut-off age of children on parent's insurance at 26 to mean that anyone having sex prior to that is a pedophile? -- Seriously, the point of the law is justice, and justice is NOT served by being complex.
In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.— Tacitus
OR
The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.