Re: Sexual Offences Act 2003, UK

"P Diddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Jim Justjim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Ann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >> One bit I've seen and would question is why they deem it necessary
> > > >> to make it illegal for adult relatives to have sex.  I don't know
> > > >> what the rationale behind this is.  I can't see why two consenting
> > > >> adults should have any limits put on their sexual activities.
> > > >> People do break the law in this regard and I don't see what harm
> > > >> it does.
> > > >
> > > >Conceiving an incestuous baby is harmful.  Otherwise, I have to
> > > >agree.
> > >
> > > Why is it?  Who is it harmful to... and every time?
> > >
> > > Ann
> >
> > It is only harmful to the baby if there is some genetic disorder that
> > relatives might be more likely to have.
> >
> > > >> I'm also wondering if the age of consent is too high and I think
> > > >> it will be lowered gradually over the coming years but I think it
> > > >> will take time.
> > > >
> > > >> Now we just have to see how the courts will act and what sentences
> > > >> they give.  I don't imagine much will change there and I will
> disagree
> > > >> with the sentences given.  We can give them the Act but we can't
> force
> > > >> them to use it properly.
> > > >
> > > >> Ann
> >
> > The age of consent has been steadily increasing all over the world.  I
> have
> > never heard of AOC going lower anywhere in the past 20 years.
>
> And what age is that? You do not give a starting age.

Every country (and in the US, every state) has a different age of consent.
I didn't give an age, because there are so many different ages.  The age of
consent, in the past, has been as low as 10 in some countries.

> I have head of
> cases where the age has been as young as 13 years old. Is that too young?

I wasn't commenting on if it was too low or what too low would be.  The
poster had said that they thought the age of consent would be lowered.  I
said that I have never heard of the age of consent being lowered, only
raised.  In my state, the age of consent used to be 14, but has been raised
to 16.  People are talking, now, about raising it to 17 or 18.  I have
never heard any in power talking about lowering it back to 14.  I have
never heard of anyone in power talking about lowering the AOC anywhere, for
anything.  I just don't see it happening in the future.

> Many Asian and African countries have pre-arranged marriages, with very
> young brides...read this:
> http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:DwmD2h2RP78C:www.crin.org/docs/resou
> rces/publications/WhoseRighttoChoose.pdf+%2Bcambodia+%2B%22age+of+consent
> %22&hl =en&ie=UTF-8

This is an interesting article, but is dealing with the age of girls being
forced to marry and not with the age at which a girl (or boy) can give
legal consent to have sex with an adult.