A 25-year-old male had consensual sexual intercourse with his family's 16-year-old babysitter. Which crime occurred?

• A. Statutory Rape
• B. Consent Makes It Legal
• C. Misdemeanor; No Felony
• D. Unlawful Sexual Intercourse

Answer: (D)

The key idea is that sexual intercourse with someone below the legal age of consent is illegal, no matter what the other person says about consent. In this scenario, a 25-year-old has intercourse with a 16-year-old, so the act is prohibited by law because the younger person is under the age of consent.

That’s why the term used here is unlawful sexual intercourse. It flags the illegality stemming from the age difference, not from any supposed proof of consent. Consent cannot turn what is illegal into something legal when one participant is a minor.

Other phrasings try to nudge you toward different labels, but they don’t change the fundamental point. Saying consent makes it legal is incorrect, and while statutory rape is a related concept in many places, this question uses the term unlawful sexual intercourse to describe the offense. The essential takeaway is: sex with a minor is illegal, regardless of consent, and the appropriate legal label reflects that illegality.