Black/minority boys are often promoted by the media to men when suspected of crimes.

16 year old girl who has sex with teacher/coach/mentor/creep = Young lady making choices. Aware of what she's doing. Using her "wiles".

16 year old who wants birth control = Child in need of protection from being sexualized. Victim of liberal treachery.

New: 18 year old looking for trans medical care = Not adult enough to get that type of care. Can be charged as adult for helping younger friend access the same care.

"Underage girls" is correct (if redundant). "Underage women" is an oxymoron intended to protect child molesters.

I will counter slightly - they do use terms like "underage men" or "underage fighters" in media when speaking about the some of the atrocities in the ME. There are also plenty of women pedophiles who get similar headline treatment "caught having sex with student" kind of statements. It's a similar intent though - it's meant to groom the public.

Language and word choices carry a lot heavier weight than most people realize.

Young man, that's how they groom republican boys.

I am an underage senior citizen and I am here for my discount.

All hail Grace Tame.

Um, my thoughts are this incorrect, since boy and girl literally mean Underage. I agree underage man and woman is absurd and used to normalize. Is English not your first language? You don't know what Boy and Girl mean? They mean Children.

Underage is the dominant term. Girl, boy, evil. Man, woman, does not apply here.

Consent is critical, but you have to be old enough, and in a free enough situation, to give it.