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France to set legal age of sexual consent as 15
France plans to fix the legal age of sexual consent as 15, meaning sex with someone younger than that would be considered rape.
Equality Minister Marlène Schiappa welcomed the move, which follows advice from doctors and legal experts. Currently, prosecutors must prove sex with someone under 15 was forced in order to bring rape charges. The change comes amid uproar over two recent cases of men accused of having sex with 11-year-old girls.
Under the existing legislation, if there is no violence or coercion proved, offenders may only be charged with sexual abuse of a minor and not rape. This has a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a fine of €75,000 (£66,000; $87,000).
[...] The government is to approve the new age limit as part of a package of other laws against sexual violence and harassment in the coming weeks. It had been discussing whether to set the age as 13 or 15, which is what groups fighting violence against children had campaigned for.
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday March 08 2018, @02:09AM (3 children)
Driving age and age of consent really should be the same. Set them to different ages and you either have enormous amounts of illegal sex going on or you have teenagers having legal sex but without a handy back seat.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1, Funny) by realDonaldTrump on Thursday March 08 2018, @02:54AM (2 children)
Let me tell you, my son Barron is 11. Almost 12. So before we hire a driver we always, always do very thorough vetting. The background check. When a driver is a child molester, we don't let him drive Barron. And when a driver is a rapist we don't let him drive my wife. If it's confirmed by a court, not a mere allegation. So many people are falsely accused. I'm a big believer in due process, it's part of what makes America great! But to be perfectly honest with you, very hard for a teenage driver to get hired by us. Maybe he's a wonderful guy, maybe he's a very bad (or sick) dude. I like drivers who have experience. I like drivers who have good references. Not too tall. And with a good driving record!
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Thursday March 08 2018, @04:29AM (1 child)
What kind of vetting do you do to make sure they can drive Ivanka?
(Score: 2, Funny) by realDonaldTrump on Thursday March 08 2018, @05:20AM
Ivanka is all grown now. They grow up so fast! And she does her own hiring. But for many, many years we had a very gun-adept nanny from Serbia, Milka was her name. RIP!!