Thread: Tsk Tsk Tsk...Can't Keep Those Republicans Away From Gay Sex!
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Old 08-16-2007, 03:47 AM   #29 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by hevusa View Post
They have similar laws as we do here in America. Under 18 is still jail bait... but where it differs is that most European countries put sexual control in the hands of 15 year olds and above. In other words a 15 year old can go and get free condoms and birth control if they choose without the consent of their parents.
That's not quite true. In most of Europe the age of consent is 16. That means that *any* two people over 16 can have sex with each other - a 50 year old man having sex with a 16 year old girl (or boy) would not be illegal. Some countries have additional laws that mean that two children who have sex with each other aren't criminalised - for example, a 16 year old having sex with a 15 year old wouldn't be a criminal offence in some European countries, but a 50 year old having sex with a 15 year old would be.

And marrying off girls young was prevalent in Christian countries as well as Muslim ones in the past - girls could be married off at about 12 in Victorian England, and the age of heterosexual consent in Spain under General Franco was 12 until the 1970s.