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Note that in many countries and states, the age of consent for ''having'' sex is fifteen or sixteen while the age when it becomes legal to be ''portrayed'' as having sex is eighteen. Regardless of laws, many individuals draw a very sharp moral line at eighteen for all things sexual. Also note that while often directly or indirectly sexualized, the trope does not need to have any sexual context or subtext - the driving plot point can also be issues such as the right to vote or to get your driver's license.
Compare [[Older Than They Look]] and [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]] as well as [[Younger Than They Look]] and [[Really Seventeen Years Old]]. For sexual situations [[Suspiciously Vague Age]] is another method writers might try to get around the no one under eighteen having sex thing. Compare [[Legal Jailbait]]
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