The definitive study of age-gap relationships was done by these UMass researchers. It is a thorough and comprehensive meta study. They found nothing alarming about teens sometimes having sex partners 10 years older than themselves.

full text: https://unh.edu/ccrc/sites/default/files/media/2022-03/statutory-sex-crime-relationships-between-juveniles-and-adults-a-review-of-social-scientific-research.pdf



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