On Mar 22, 2006, at 11:02 AM, PAT MATHEWS wrote:
And in the UK (lost the attribution) a boy of 13 was accused of statuatory rape for having consensual sex with a girl of 11-going- on-12.
But in the UK the age of consent is 16. So if you're under 16, you can't give consent legally. So you can't have consensual sex...
The tabs promptly headlined it leaving off the "statuatory." So she was under the age of consent - so was he! Anyone hear of just grounding them for the semester?
Stupid, isn't it? The law should protect the young and newly sexually aware from predators, not punish them for doing what's natural. As the Netherlands has shown, a lower age of consent coupled with proper sex education actually raises the average age of first sex and reduces the rate of teenage pregnancy.
The UK has a daft attitude to sex. Charlie _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
