I remember that when I was 17 years old I had a cyber sex situation with an American guy in his thirties. We would talk about sex, and he'd ask me to masturbate over the internet whilst he did the same which I did, and he would tell me to talk dirty and do stuff that was just out of my depth.

He was American so since the age of consent is 18 over there, I'm pretty certain he was breaking the law.Am I right in thinking that all sexual relations with a minor, (ie someone under the age of 18) are illegal in North America?

Though the age of consent is 16 where I am from, I still feel it did have a detrimental effect on me. I was in a number of internet situations at the time with guys from America who would ask me to send them photos and stuff, but my interactions with this particular guy were very sexual, and the things he asked me to do were with hindsight inappropriate, and I remember feeling overwhelmed at the time,

so yeah, I do think it is detrimental when there is a big age gap involved, at least that's how I feel it was for me.