The age of sexual consent should be 14 (albeit law should be sensitive to issues of exploitation). #TweetYourUnpopularOpinion
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@PhilosophyExp I've always wondered if it was possible to base law around the age difference rather than absolute age. adult-adult excepted.
@SIN_Notung Plenty of European countries have that sort of system (e.g., Germany).
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@PhilosophyExp@SIN_Notung But I'd normally expect age of consent to be substantially lower where those concerned are of a similar age. /2 -
@Metamagician@SIN_Notung Indeed. It seems absurd that a 15 year old could be jailed for experimenting with another 15 year old.
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@PhilosophyExp@SIN_Notung I briefly looked at this Australian jurisdictions once seem to recall it varied a fair bit. /1 -
@Metamagician@SIN_Notung It varies a lot in Europe - Spain is 13; Ireland - 17, for example. (According to Wikipedia!)
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@PhilosophyExp@SIN_Notung E.g. The Crimes Act provision in Victoria - s. 45. http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/ca195882/s45.html … /3Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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