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    Age of Consent My position on the age of consent is that I’m for it. I believe that the age of consent should be and always be age of 16‚ because once have turned 16 you should be mature enough to make your own decision on who you want to have sex with because you are now in high school and you’re old enough to know right from wrong. The legal age of consent is Washington State is 16. Age of consent is the age when the law considers a person mature enough to agree to have sex. In the United

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    In many jurisdictions‚ the age of consent is interpreted to mean mental or functional age. As a result‚ victims can be of any chronological age if their mental age makes them unable to consent to a sexual act. Other jurisdictions‚ such as Kentucky‚ eliminate the legal concept of "mental age" and treat sexting with a mentally incapacitated person as a specific crime. Laws vary in their definitions of statutory rape. It is generally intended to punish heinous cases of an adult taking sexual advantage

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    The Age of Consent In a world controlled by social media and smart phones‚ today’s youth are exposed to far more information than previous generations with the simple click of a button. Children now are being introduced to more mature content at a young age. Sex‚ drugs‚ alcohol‚ sexuality‚ murder‚ and adultery are a few of the major topics that are heavily controversial in American Society. Through the entertainment industry‚ children are able to begin learning about these controversial issues as

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    THE LAW ON STATUTORY RAPE & AGE OF CONSENT IN CALIFORNIA MCKINLEY TURNER                            PROFESSOR TRUCCHI   THE ELEMENTS OF THE CRIME OF STATUTORY RAPE: 1-That defendant had sexual intercourse with another person (any amount of penetration‚ regardless of how slight‚ constitutes sexual intercourse…even if there is no ejaculation). 2-That the persons involved in the act were not married to each other at the time (the fact that the minor is married to someone else or used to be married

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    Lowering The Legal Age Of Consent The law states that no person under the age of sixteen is capable of giving their consent to a sexual act. Yet there is still people at young agese being involved in sexual acts by their own choice. This makes people wonder if the age of consent should be lowered as at this age the acts are already being preformed if it is legal or not. There are countries such as Canada‚ Germany‚ Italy and other European countries that the legal oafe of consent to sexual acts is

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    the nation. Question: What is your opinion on age limits for people having intimate relationships‚ knowing they may have consensual sex though widely different in age‚ and in context of upbringing‚ religious beliefs‚ etc? In other words‚ who is of the right age‚ and with whom? The discussion about people having consensual sex at a young age and with a partner much older than them has been around for quite a while. People have different views about age limits depending on the society they were born

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    In Medieval Europe‚ attitudes toward homosexuality varied by era and region. Generally‚ by at least the twelfth century‚ homosexuality was considered sodomy and was punishable by death. Before the Medieval period early Romans tolerated alternative sexual practices‚ such as masturbation in males and females and homosexuality. Homosexuality was generally more accepted for males than for females; male elites were able to recruit slaves or hire household boys for their sexual pleasures‚ while males saw

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    [pic] “Premarital Sex: Age Bracket and Factors Influencing It” Billote‚ Althia Cyryll F. Ching‚ Clarisse Angela T. Divino‚ May Fiel B. Duray‚ Hannah Foronda‚ Carmela C. Gonzales‚ Klarisse Bianca S. Joseph‚ Hannah Marjorie Lim‚ Wyona C. Luzada‚ Jasmin Tabay‚ John Allen C. Torregosa‚ Ivy Jane A. October 2012 Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Adolescents are undergoing an era of changes in social perceptions

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    2. Consent is thought to be morally transformative of people’s conduct toward each other. Where sex is concerned‚ it is all but universally regarded as necessary to make sexual conduct legitimate. But the question is then‚ is consent also sufficient? Discuss both ’yes’ and ’no’ answers to this question‚ using Soble‚ Wertheimer‚ West and/or Primoratz. Finally‚ which seems the best supported answer? TAKE OUT HEADINGS AND ADD A COVER PAGE I will begin this paper in support of the liberal theory

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    used when the government considers people under a certain age to be unable to give consent to sex and therefore consider sexual contact with them to be a rape. The age at which individuals are considered to give consent is called the age of consent. The age of consent can ranging from thirteen to twenty-one‚ depending on the limits set by each state in accordance with local standards of morality. Even sex that violates the age-of-consent laws but is neither violent nor physically forced is described

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