I'm on the same boat as you {o}p, except I like older women. When I was an older teen, but considered an "adult", I would go on dating sites and women in their late thirties, but the problem with that is they'll unfortunately will try to take advantage of you :(. I mean the 58 and 28 year old couple did break that rule, and it's weird, but at least they're grown adults, not teen adult relationship. And what my preferences are somewhat breaks that rule if they're born in 1992 and before, but doesn't if they're born in 1993-1996, which is the year I stop at when look to date a woman. But then again, yeah weird AF I like women even four decades older than me, but at least I'm no longer an adolescent. Since where you're from 16 is "adult" legally, I cannot stop you and the other man dating you, but remember, most people will be like WTF. Also, if you look at certain instances, even "adult" teens and "child" teens relationships with older men or women are somewhat dodgy, but please be careful out there.
Age Got to Do With It? Partner Age Difference, Power, Intimate Partner Violence, and Sexual Risk in Urban Adolescents I know these two are about teen girls, but just be safe out there.
Why I Deeply Dislike Your Older Boyfriend
Yeah those higher tier paedos are usually the ones trying to justify it. So basically the paedos that like 11-14 and/or 15-19 year old girls (or boys) are the ones trying to justify it like "huurr durr age of consent" "huurr durr legal age of 'adult'" "huurr durr completely normal because teen p0rn" (even though there's evidence on KF that a child sex offender actually watches that kind of content) "hurr durr they're going through puberty". Never have I ever seen the lower tier ones justifying it thank goodness.