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What is the Age of Consent for Sex in Tennessee?
In Tennessee, the age of consent is 18. This is the age at which a person can consent to sex with an adult. If both partners are over 18, any age difference between them is completely irrelevant.
The age of consent law in Tennessee currently only applies to heterosexual conduct. Tennessee has laws on the books which make homosexual conduct, regardless of the ages of the actors, illegal. However, the Supreme Court recently declared such laws, as applied to consenting adults in private settings, unconstitutional. Because of this, it is unclear exactly what Tennessee’s age of consent is for homosexual conduct.
Like many other states, Tennessee makes some exceptions to its age of consent when the actors are within a certain age range, and close to the same age. In general, a person over the age of 13 can legally consent to sex with someone who is less than 4 years older
The crime of statutory rape in Tennessee is committed when the offender has sex with a person between the ages of 13 and 18, and the offender is at least 4 years older. The punishment for this crime is 2 to 6 years in prison. If there are larger age differences between the offender and the minor, the punishments become more severe.
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