sentences:  In the vast majority of states of the United States, the overall age of majority is either 18 years of age or higher.However, age of consent for sex is almost always lower than the overall age of majority, and varies by state (it is 16 in the District of Columbia and 16–17 in more than 40 other states).The e-mail that first came to light was sent to a 16-year-old former page in Louisiana, where the age of consent is 17.