There is no State in the US under 16. NY is 17, and California, North Dakota, and Florida set it at 18. Florida was a surprise since everything goes there. I find 16 a bit young. I may be getting old.
We set a lot of laws here State by State. Which confuses the rest of the World, but we make it work somehow.
In my way of thinking a man has a duty to protect his family and i this case his daughter from some filthy pervert. This type of thinking is probably kept me from ever being selected for a Jury even though they drag me in every four years.
One Judge asked me what I meant, and I told him "I know what the Law is, I know what he did, I wanna know why he did it to see if he was justified." The Judge called me an Anarchist and had me removed from the Courthouse.