Consent Laws are discriminatory.  Some countries have one age of consent for young females (say 16) and a different, higher age of consent for young males or for having anal sex (say 18). This means that a heterosexual adult male who wants to have sex with a 17-year-old female is free to do so, but a homosexual adult male cannot have intercourse with a young man who is 17. [1] Not only are such laws clearly discriminatory, they entrench and perpetuate the myths, stereotypes, and prejudices against homosexuals and homosexual sex. Age of consent laws, if we are to have them at all, should be equalised across the genders.  [1] HIV, AIDS and Young Gay Men, AVERT: Averting HIV &amp; AIDS,  , ‘Worldwide ages of Consent’, AVERT: averting HIV &amp; AIDS,  , HIV, AIDS and Young Gay Men, AVERT: Averting HIV &amp; AIDS,