Age of consent is the age you can consent to sex with anyone. If you are under the age of consent, you cannot legally consent to have sex (in the US). IANAL but I believe it is even legally blurry if two people under the age of consent have consensual sex, would technically be guilty of statutory rape (since neither of them could legally consent). However, the law is not really worried about those cases, so by and large nothing comes of it. But technically speaking, under the age of consent you cannot legally consent.
This is an inaccurate description of US consent law in most states. Most states have either an age of consent below 18 or an explicit “close-in-age” exception (or both). Only a few states have neither.
Age of consent is the age you can consent to sex with anyone. If you are under the age of consent, you cannot legally consent to have sex (in the US). IANAL but I believe it is even legally blurry if two people under the age of consent have consensual sex, would technically be guilty of statutory rape (since neither of them could legally consent). However, the law is not really worried about those cases, so by and large nothing comes of it. But technically speaking, under the age of consent you cannot legally consent.
This is an inaccurate description of US consent law in most states. Most states have either an age of consent below 18 or an explicit “close-in-age” exception (or both). Only a few states have neither.