Has anyone watched Geisha? Now i am thinking that i should have. I stumbled across something which raised many questions in my mind. The issue here is age of a “child” and consent and sex. I found what i was reading to be ridiculous. Any way it seemed that way to me. In Burkina Faso, Argentina, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Syria, the legal age you can have sex is 13. In Canada it is 12. Just read the n0. 2 below about Canadas stance on this. Can you believe it? My eyes became a bit wider while i was reading these figures.
- In Brazil, authorities may not choose to prosecute if the younger partner is aged 14 to 17 and does not lodge a complaint.
- In Canada, consensual activity with those over 12 may not be an offence if the accused is under 16 and less than two years older than the complainant. The exception is anal intercourse, to which unmarried persons under 18 cannot legally consent according to national law, although provincial laws may vary.
- In Finland, sex with someone under 16 is not deemed sexual abuse of a child if “there is no great difference in the ages or the mental and physical maturity of the persons involved.” Similarly in Norway, a prison sentence may not be imposed “if those who have committed the act of indecency are about equal in age and development.” In both countries, lesser punishments may nevertheless be imposed.
- In Germany, sexual intercourse is legal from the age of 14 provided the older partner is aged under 18 and provided they are not “exploiting a coercive situation” or offering compensation. In addition, sex between one partner aged 14-15 and another aged under 21 is legal unless the older partner “exploits the victim’s lack of capacity for sexual self-determination”.
- The age of sexual consent in Japan is 13 years of age, although prefecture law usually overrides federal law raising the age up to 18.
- In Mexico the federal law varies according to the age gap between partners and is often overruled by regional laws.
- In Papua New Guinea, anal sex is illegal in all cases. The age of consent for vaginal sex is 16 for females and 14 for males.
- Paraguay sets the age of consent at 14 within marriage and 16 outside of marriage.
- The age of sexual consent in the Philippines is 12 for all, but contacts with minors (under 1
are an offence if the minor consents to the act for money, gain or any other remuneration or as the result of an influence of any adult person.
- In Portugal it is illegal to perform vaginal intercourse with a minor between 14 and 16 years old “by taking advantage of their inexperience”.
- Although Thailand’s age of consent is usually said to be 15, the laws can be interpreted to allow prosecution for sex with someone under 18.
- In some U.S. states a lower age applies when the age gap between partners is small, or when the older partner is below a certain age (usually 18 or 21).
These and more figures from here.
So what constitutes to rape?
What constitutes to child molestation?
What constitutes to pedophilia?
Is the age 12 too young?
Arent they still babies?
What should be the age gap?
What about the stories in Islam of prophet Mohamed marrying a 9 year old?
Is that pedophilia?
Child brides in Ivory Coast?
Indian child marriages?
Can a 14 and a 12 year olds marriage be acceptable in a western society? If them having sex is not a crime, why mariage is? How do they define sex?
Why cant a nine year old consent to sex? What is too young?
Are the children of today growing too early? Too fast?
Are they ready for the act?
What about Lina Medina?
What about the youngest “boy” “man” to “father” a child?
What about cultural, traditional norms?
Where does female circumcision lie in the context of consent issues, sex and a say about their own bodies?
I think i need to read more on this. Thinking of starting with the CANADA’S LEGAL AGE OF CONSENT
TO SEXUAL ACTIVITY
