I can read the page on this server now and you didn’t cite federal law but a review of the statutory rape laws in the US by the Crime Victim Institute. I’m not to read all 30+ pages of this, dude. But from reading a few pages…it doesn’t seem support to your claim. It actually refutes by listing cases where teenagers were charged with statutory rape.

In the state of Texas teenagers under the age of 17 cannot legally give consent to engaging in sexual activities. This is true even if they are a willing participant. However it is not teenagers themselves who can be prosecuted if the law is violated, it is the older person involved, no matter how little the age gap between the two.

Jeff was charged with sexual assault when he was 18 years old. He and his then 15 year old girlfriend began dating when Jeff was a junior in high school. He and his girlfriend said they were in love and had plans to get married and began a sexual relationship. When Jeff ’s girlfriend’s grades declined, her father blamed him , and after learning they were having sexual relations, he reported Jeff to the police for having sex with a minor.

A case such as the one described above, can be prosecuted in Texas as a sexual assault:3 (a) A person commits an offense if the person: (2) Intentionally and knowingly: (A) Causes the penetration of the anus or sexual organ of a child by any means; (B) Causes the penetration of the mouth of a child by the sexual organ of the actor; © Causes the sexual organ of a child to contact or penetrate the mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another person, including the actor; (D) Causes the anus of a child to contact the mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another person, including the actor; or (E) Causes the mouth of the child to contact the anus or sexual organ of another person, including the actor.