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Age of Consent |
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The age at which a person may marry without parental approval. The age at which a female is legally capable of agreeing to sexual intercourse, so that a male who engages in sex with her cannot be prosecuted for Statutory Rape. A person below the age of consent is sometimes called an infant or minor. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| From the beginning it
backed such measures as abortion on demand up to 22 weeks'
gestation; fetal experimentation; the elimination of the crime of incest
between brother and sister; a reduction in the age of consent for sexual
intercourse from 18 to 14; the decriminalization of prostitution and
keeping a bawdy house; and the elimination of the crime of bestiality. The
legal age of consent also varies according not only to jurisdiction, but
also according to the sexuality and age of the young person's
sexual partner. We
chose to examine female and male teenagers who had had sexual
intercourse before or after age 16-the modal age of consent at which
teenagers are legally allowed to have sexual intercourse, regardless of
their partner's age. |
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