I have commented during this discussion and some more items have come up such as both partners being 18 and age making no difference and that since men are more promiscuous then it is alright for older women to date teen boys but not OK for oldre men to date teen girls.
Age does matter. If the child is under a certain age it doesn't matter if it is a boy or girl with a man or a woman, prison time is in your future if caught. In some staes that age is 16. In some 14 or 15.
The level of the playing field. In my state, a teacher can date and that can be have sex with a student from a different high school than the high school where the teacher teaches. But dating and sex is forbidden between studentsand teachers if both at the same school. Consenual is always questionable in that situation. We are assuming the age of consent is for your state is being met here. But a teacher found guilty of having sex with a one of the teacher's students is automatic loss of licesnse, job, and possible prison time. So a 45 year old teacher from school A and a 17 year old boy from a different high school can bang away all day and tell the world and as far as the school and the law, no problem. Parents might be. That is an issure I won't address here. But if they are from the same school. Oops! Lost of job and possible prisoni time. In that case it is not the same playing field and legally not consensual.
To suggest that it is OK for a 30 year old women to date and have sex with a 15 year old because the sex drives match, but a 30 year old man has sex with a 15 year old girland the 30 uar old guy does prison time; this is the height of male superiority thinkiing. Men having priviledges that women don't? Get real. The genders should not by law matter nothing, male and female, male and male, female and female. All of these should be considered the same