Is 17 and 23 a bad age gap? A 17 and 23 age gap raises significant concerns due to legal, developmental, and power imbalance issues. At 17, person is minor in many jurisdictions, still in high school, developing emotionally and legally not adult, while 23-year-old is adult with more life experience, independence, and potentially more power in relationship, creating imbalance and potential for exploitation. Legally, sexual relationship between 17 and 23 may be illegal depending on age of consent laws and close-in-age exemptions, varying by state and country, with many places setting age of consent at 18, making relationship problematic. Developmentally, 17-year-old and 23-year-old at different life stages, with different maturity, goals, and social circles, which can cause challenges. Even if legal where age of consent is 16 or 17, ethical concerns remain about maturity gap and power dynamics. So 17 and 23 considered problematic age gap due to minor status and imbalance.
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