Mu Lowdown: The 17 & 364 meme is sadly rooted in reality...

[Jim Burton]

https://www.map-union.org/perspectives/ ... -meme-real

Often, when it reaches the level of "reasoned" argument, degeneracy-warriors and age-gap-progressives will claim the example of a person on the eve of their 18th birthday becoming a "victim" in the eyes of the law, is a hypothetical snapshot completely disconnected from reality. They claim to see it as a straw-man, or whataboutism used dishonestly by those with an untoward motive.

But an analysis of news articles from 2025 reveals this isn't necessarily true. Not only are adolescent boys the most commonly prosecuted segment of society for child sex crimes, but there are many examples of purported 17-year-old statutory rape victims of adults in the American media. In fact, during a single 9-day period in 2025, three such examples came to our attention at Mu. Featuring only female "perpetrators", these were obviously just the ones deemed fit for publishing in the media...