Talk:Age of consent/Archive 1

message: sorry for that edit/unedit. there seems to be a wealth of conflicting information on the age of consent in my home state of western australia since there are campaigns dated last year calling for it to be lowered (in the case of homosexual males) from 21 to 16, but there are also current articles about political lobbies fro increasing said age of consent from 16 to 18. A friend of mine implied that i should change it to 21 in light of a certain article, but in my quest to find a reputable reference i encountered directly conflicting information, so i just gave up and changed it back.
if anyone with a background in law or just the resources to definitively answer this dilemma can take this issue on, that would probably be a good idea. NanotechStudent 08:03, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Australia 

message: It is a misunderstanding that the age of consent has been changed in Denmark. This article from the Danish criminal code (straffeloven) is still in effect:
 § 222.  Den, som har samleje med et barn under 15 år, straffes med fængsel indtil 8 år.
   He who has sexual intercourse with a child under the age of 15 is punished with a prison sentence lasting a maximum of 8 years
Preisler 20:07, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah it's a pretty widespread misunderstanding.. Apparently amongst journalists too.. No problem whatsoever and sorry if I got a little annoyed :) Preisler 20:41, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Age of consent not changed in Denmark

message: The ages seem totally totally wrong for Ireland. Going to have to check this one up... --Kiand 21:35, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: http://www.gov.ie/debates-02/24april/sect9.htm gives "15 for boys, 17 for girls, 17 for homosexual". Oral sex isn't mentioned seperately. --Kiand 21:47, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: and http://www.gov.ie/debates-98/3feb98/sect6.htm gives it as "15 for 'lesser sexual activities', 17 for intercourse"; which is likely where the oral reference came from. --Kiand 21:50, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

text: And the "NON-FATAL OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON ACT, 1997" defines it as sixteen. ffs, this seems to be one for the lawyers. --Kiand 21:52, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ireland 

message: From the "Social and legal attitudes" section:
:If a foreigner has had sex with someone under the age of 16 or a prostitute below 18—even if this was legal—and if this was done at a time that it was already illegal in the Netherlands, he or she becomes a criminal when immigrating to the Netherlands.
Does that really mean that if, say, two 15-year-old Italians have sex with each other (entirely legally) in Italy, both those people would be considered criminals if they moved to the Netherlands? And if so, how is that justified by the Dutch government? It seems entirely unjust to me. Loganberry (Talk) 23:54, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Netherlands 

message: What about the history of age of consent? I remember reading somewhere that London changed it's age of consent for prostitutes from 8 to 13 in the 1800's and this was considered a great social advance at the time.--Gbleem 15:37, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  History 

message: What about uneven enforcement of the law based on gender, sexual orientation and race. --Gbleem 15:38, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Descrimination 

message: Anyone can clarify the entry for Lithuania? It states that 14 is now legal for homosexual males but what about the rest? Is it 14 as well? If so, there is no need for adding the part about homosexual males. I could not find an answer, anyone who knows that, please look into it. --SoWhy 13:03, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lithuania?