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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: 2) by c0lo on Thursday March 08 2018, @09:19PM (2 children)
Do the govts you listed substitute themselves for parenting (like the OP suggested some should try)?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 3, Touché) by Grishnakh on Thursday March 08 2018, @09:35PM (1 child)
No, I don't think any governments do that, except maybe the US government where letting your young children out of your sight in public is a high crime and will get you arrested for "child abandonment". Meanwhile, over in Japan, young children (like 7-8) are pushed out of the home and made to walk themselves to school instead of having helicopter parents with them every minute of the day.
But if governments did decide to get into the business of parenting, it seems like those countries would probably figure out a pretty good way of doing it somehow, perhaps getting retired people involved with the kids to an extent, organizing activities to mix them with other parts of society, etc. In the US, they'd probably just set up big compounds resembling prisons, run by large corporations under contract.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday March 08 2018, @11:12PM
You mean like in those Second World countries, where the retired grandparents aren't automatically discarded into the jaws of an aged care industry which they can't afford, but kept nearby and contributing to the care and education of their grandchildren. Keeping the retired moderately active also improve their quality of life.
Who would have thought the natural way (which, as side effect, deny profits to an industry worth zillions in First World countries) could be better?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford