Re: Sexual Offences Act 2003, UK

"Ann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On 01 Dec 2003 05:38:22 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Justjim)
> wrote:
>
> >"P Diddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> "Jim Justjim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> > "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.
> >>
> >> See I do. With the kinds of advertisements we see in US, the very sexy
> >> music videos, sex sells everything, and the people selling the ads seem
> >> to be younger and younger. The age of girls/guys are lower than they
used
> >> to be. This is a youth oriented society...I don't know how young, young
> >> is...but I don't think it will stay 18 forever either.
> >>
> >
> >But the ages in advertisements have been getting younger and younger, and
> >the kids have been getting sexier and sexier (more sexually explicit),
but
> >the age of consent has been increasing.  Maybe it is a reaction to the
> >advertisement, etc.  Whatever it is, I don't think they will lower the
age
> >of consent.  I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't become 18 in all
states.
>
> One minor detail... we were talking about British law and I was
> talking about what would happen in Britian, not what would happen in
> the US.

Ahhh, but TR is not an aquarium is it?

>
> Ann
>
> >> > > 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.
>