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age of consent

The age at which a person is legally able to give consent, as to sexual relations, marriage, or a binding contract. Some people advocate lowering the age of consent, but some worry it will cause an increase in promiscuity among young people.
See also: age, consent, of
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The documen apparently said: "NCCL proposes that the age of consent should be lowered to 14, with special provision for situations where the partners are close in age, or where consent of a child over 10 can be proved.
Hewitt apologises, but not Harman or Dromey
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Age of consent row; Expert calls for debate on lower limit
Because we are so confused about this and we have kept the age of consent at 16, the 15-yearolds don't have clear routes to getting some support," he said.
No 10 rejects age of consent calls
I was a few weeks shy of the age of consent at the time
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The big question remains what would happen to young people between 16 and 18 years who may have been booked for rape during the period the age of consent was 18 years.
UPA's rape law mess
This was followed by top ten hit Why, which paved the way for debut album Age Of Consent.
BEVAN'S HEAVEN
She said that many jurisdiction across the world have made allowances regarding age of consent in cases where there is not much difference between the age of older partner and that of the minor engaged in sexual act.
An Age for Sex
For many years, the age of consent in Canada was only applied to girls.
Age of consent to sexual activity: what should you know about this topic and why?
The age of consent was a controversial issue during recent discussions held at the Shoura Council.
Efforts on to curb underage marriages
Although the pupils are said to be above the age of consent, it is a criminal offence for a person "to engage in any sexual activity with a person aged under 18 with whom they have a relationship of trust, irrespective of the age of consent".
Teacher arrested over sex allegations
The legal age of consent for sex is 16, which means that the act between the minor and the 29-year-old can only be described as rape since consent is not even raised.
Police search for man who had sex with girlfriend's underage daughter
Stephen Harper's Conservative government wants to raise the age of consent to 16.
Should the age of consent be raised? A Conservative bill proposing that the age of sexual consent be raised has feminists divided
A SOCIOLOGIST at the University of Glasgow wants the legal age of consent to be lowered to 14.
'LOWER SEX AGE' CALL
An earlier (2002) Pollara poll reported 80% of Canadians were in favour of raising the age of consent.
Age of consent
This argument is not new, since several historians have demonstrated that the campaigns to raise the age of consent in the United States and elsewhere in the West changed the nature of rape prosecutions and our understanding of who was capable of giving sexual consent.
Crimes Against Children: Sexual Violence and Legal Culture in New York City, 1880-1960
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