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| somerled | Aug 13 2005, 02:22 AM Post #16 |
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I think that's concidered OK , even 17 and 18 year olds , but if the age difference is greater than 2 or 3 years then it's an offence. But - that's just what I heard when I was a teenager and what my kids tell me. |
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| ds9074 | Aug 13 2005, 05:25 AM Post #17 |
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It is actually an offense if a 16 year old has sex with a 15 year old. The 16 year old can give consent but the 15 year old legally cannot. Although the police would be highly unlikely to persue such a case if the 15 year old had give non-legal consent anyway. They would be more likely to persue a case of a 15 year old and an 18 year old since you then have an adult and a minor and again the minor is not able to give consent. Even in this case if both parties are acting consensually then its still fairly unlikely to be persued although it might be depending on the circumstances. The chances of police action would increase as the age of the minor went down. So while the same in law, a 12 year old and 18 year old is different to a 15 and 18 year old in practice. It is perfectly legaly for an 18 year old or even and 88 year old to have sex with a 16 year old provided all parties give consent. Thats a summary of UK law. |
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| somerled | Aug 13 2005, 11:17 AM Post #18 |
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Mmmm .... interesting .... since Australia usually follows the UK closely on legal matters then that is most likely how it stands here too. |
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| captain_proton_au | Aug 14 2005, 06:38 AM Post #19 |
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There will always be certain levels of sexism entrenched in law - single males adopting children for example. With most crimes it is the intent that we focus on, which is why some cases get tried as manslaughter as opposed to murder for example. In the case of the statutory rape of a male teen by an adult woman, we know that the male may have been coerced, influenced or even blackmailed into it, but we know by the fact that the male was able to perform that it wasnt forced. When the victim is female, we do not know this. ( especially in this case where it happened in different locations and different times). Of course I'm not saying that it isnt a crime, but I think I can safely say that most of us react far more strongly when we hear a case involving an adult male and a teen girl |
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| who | Aug 14 2005, 08:19 AM Post #20 |
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I do not think you can safely say that most of us react far more strongly when we hear a case involving an adult male and a teen girl. This was a teacher in her late twenties and a 13 year old child. It sounds like you are making excuses for her and stating that males should be treated more harshly under the law than females. I totally disagree with this. |
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| Swidden | Aug 14 2005, 11:55 AM Post #21 |
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Going back to the old class discussion... Apparently, even in forceful situations, fear can be a powerful performance motivator... If you take my meaning. The idea that fear might prevent performance, or that a male cannot be forced to respond is seemingly errorneous. |
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