I recently saw a show on MTV, true life: "I'm a sex offender"
all of these kids, and I say "kids" were like 18 or 19yo men, I think the 1 guy was a hs senior dating a freshmen for years... anyway they broke up, and she called the cops out of spite I believe, he's now a sex offender/felon for life.
another girl years later apologized to him for calling the cops etc... it's like sure, no sweat, no big deal, felon/sex offender, but "sorry" covers it...
Not exactly the scary sex offender you have in mind living around the corner from you when you think up "sex offender"