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Should Be Lower The Age Of Consent To 15 ?
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I can't really make my mind up on this one. If 10,000's of 15 years olds are having sex and we can't seem to stop them, perhaps it shouldn't be a crime. But what of the 14 years olds ? Will there be a campaign in another few years to make that the age of consent ?
I can't really make my mind up on this one. If 10,000's of 15 years olds are having sex and we can't seem to stop them, perhaps it shouldn't be a crime. But what of the 14 years olds ? Will there be a campaign in another few years to make that the age of consent ?
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A No from me, because if we lower it to 15 them 14 year olds will think it is ok where will it stop? Would we have a demand to lower it to 14 in a few years?
AOG, if it is changed the law will not be retrospective , those being charged now for sex with under 16s back in the 60 and 70s will still have committed an offence , it is the law at the time of the offence that counts.
AOG, if it is changed the law will not be retrospective , those being charged now for sex with under 16s back in the 60 and 70s will still have committed an offence , it is the law at the time of the offence that counts.
Having taught many 14 year old pregnant schoolgirls whose partners were over 18, I cannot remember one case of the male being prosecuted. I do remember having to deal with 14 year old girls sobbing and screaming because their babies were taken away from them.
Not forgetting the email from a 14 year old who had gone into labour, had no credit on her mobile, was alone in the house as her foster parent had gone out, not saying where she was going.
The law is there, but rarely brought into being.
Not forgetting the email from a 14 year old who had gone into labour, had no credit on her mobile, was alone in the house as her foster parent had gone out, not saying where she was going.
The law is there, but rarely brought into being.
DaisyNonna...a sad tale...you clearly speak from experience. If a young girl has a baby at that age, then its a tragedy that will last and last. Lets start taking the problem of gymslip mothers seriously. If it means prosecuting some men, then so be it. To try to solve this problem by lowering the age of consent is plainly stupid. Most ABer's seem to agree and Dave does as well it would seem. So my bet is that its not going to happen.
I was saying that in my opinion if we lower it to 15, within a few years there will be pressure to lower it again. I think it is fine as it is I do not agree with lowering it.
I did not lose my virginity until 23 (is that a record?) just saying in case the age at which virginity is lost effects your judgement on this.
I did not lose my virginity until 23 (is that a record?) just saying in case the age at which virginity is lost effects your judgement on this.
When 2 15 year olds have sex consentually - who is the victim of this 'crime'?
Too often in these 'Romeo and Julliet' cases it's the families who run around insisting a crime has taken place and getting upset that the CPS won't press charges because it's not in the public interest.
It would be nice to have a nice simple law but really this revolves around issues of consent.
The existing situation is probably the best of a bad lot - whereby it's technically illegal but a prosecution is not persued if they are of similar ages and the CPS is happy there was no coercion
The situation where something like this is illegal one day and legal a few hours later is a farce and I guess this is the most sensible way of keeping things sensible
Too often in these 'Romeo and Julliet' cases it's the families who run around insisting a crime has taken place and getting upset that the CPS won't press charges because it's not in the public interest.
It would be nice to have a nice simple law but really this revolves around issues of consent.
The existing situation is probably the best of a bad lot - whereby it's technically illegal but a prosecution is not persued if they are of similar ages and the CPS is happy there was no coercion
The situation where something like this is illegal one day and legal a few hours later is a farce and I guess this is the most sensible way of keeping things sensible
I am reminded of the old joke when a policeman see a car parked in a secluded car park at a few minutes to midnight.
He knocks on the window to ask what is happening. There is a male in the front seat who is listening to the radio, in the back is a girl doing some knitting. Hello say the cop what's going on here?
The male tells him 'I'm listening to the radio while she is doing some knitting'
'Ok, how old are you two' asks the cop
The boy replies 'I'm 18 and she will be 16 in 10 minutes''
He knocks on the window to ask what is happening. There is a male in the front seat who is listening to the radio, in the back is a girl doing some knitting. Hello say the cop what's going on here?
The male tells him 'I'm listening to the radio while she is doing some knitting'
'Ok, how old are you two' asks the cop
The boy replies 'I'm 18 and she will be 16 in 10 minutes''
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