Heather_860 on Nostr: Places with high ages of consent like 17 or 18, usually have laws full of exceptions, ...

Places with high ages of consent like 17 or 18, usually have laws full of exceptions, and/or the law is rarely enforced

So in practice they're all having sex just like everywhere else, but sometimes an asshole sheriff, an angry father, or an ambitious politician (DA, prosecutor, or attorney-general) will destroy someones life over it.