Which state has the lowest age of consent?
South Carolina has the lowest age of consent- It's 14 for girls, per the state's Constitution, BUT- state statutes specify criminality for sexual conduct under the age of 16. SC CONSTITUTION SECTION 33. Age of consent. -- No unmarried woman shall legally consent to sexual intercourse who shall not have attained the age of fourteen years. (1999 Act No. 3, Section 1, eff February 16, 1999) EDIT: This really got my curiosity up that SC would still use that terminology in the 21st Century & this is as of 11/05/2008: South Carolina Passes Age Of Consent Amendment AP Published: November 5, 2008 COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina voters have removed from the state constitution a long-ignored provision about the age of consent for sex. With 79 percent of precincts reporting, 52 percent of voters approved the amendment. It deletes an item included in the constitution setting the age of consent for sex for unmarried women at 14. The provision has been ignored for decades. State law sets the age at 16 for both sexes. Supporters of the amendment said it would clean up South Carolina’s 113-year-old Constitution. The amendment must be ratified by a majority of legislators before it takes effect. So SC has finally got with current times and is now falling in line with the majority- which is an age of consent of 16 for both girls & boys.
When were the age of consent laws first enforced in the UK?
The United Kingdom has 3 separate legal jurisdictions: England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Island. Each has developed separately and has it's own history. I know most about England.The first age of consent in England was set in 1275 when it was made illegal to "ravage a maiden who was not of age" (to be married). At the time "of age" was accepted to be 12 years old. This extended to Wales in 1536 and 1543. There was no age of consent for boys.The age of consent was raised to 13 in 1875 as part of campaign against child prostitution. When this proved ineffective the age of consent was raised to 16 in 1885.Anal intercourse was made illegal by the Buggery Act of 1533. It was punishable by death until 1861. Male homesexual acts were made illegal in 1885. There was no reference to female homesexuality. It was decriminalised in England and Wales in 1967. The age of consent for homesexuality was set at 21, reduced to 16 in 1994. Male homosexuality was decriminalised in Scotland in 1980. Age of consent was 21, reduced to 16 in 1995.In 2000 the age of consent for all sexual acts, including lesbianism, was standardised at 16 years in England, Wales and Scotland.In Northern Island male homosexuality was decriminalised in 1982. The age of consent was set at 21. This was reduced to 18 in 1994 and in 2001 it was set at 17, to match the age of consent for heterosexual acts. In 2008 the age of consent for all was reduced to 16, to match the rest of the UK.It has been proposed to reduce the age of consent to 14 but the last Labour government never got round to it and the Conservatives have called the idea "offensive".
Has Justice Ginsburg stated that the age of consent should be 12?
Yes, in the book ‘Sex Bias in the US Code’ which is available online athttps://www.law.umaryland.edu/ma...(page 102 in the text, 110 in the pdf)“Recommendations …..18 U.S.C. §2032 — Eliminate the phrase "carnal knowledge of any female, not his wife who has not attained the age of sixteen years" and substitute a Federal, sex-neutral definition of the offense patterned after S. 1400 §1633: A person is guilty of an offense if he engages in a sexual act with another person, not his spouse, and (1) compels the other person to participate: (A) by force or (B) by threatening or placing the other person in fear that any person will imminently be subjected to death, serious bodily injury, or kidnapping; (2) has substantially impaired the other person's power to appraise or control the conduct by administering or employing a drug or intoxicant without the knowledge or against the will of such other person, or by other means; or (3) the other person is, in fact, less than 12 years old102I suppose it could have been worse, as Ginsburg is Jewish and Judaism has this to say about extramarital sexual relations between a Jewish man and a gentile woman or girl above the age of 3 …https://www.chabad.org/library/a...(Mishah Torah - Sefer Kedushah - Issurei Biah - Chapter Twelve)10If, by contrast, a Jewish male enters into relations with a gentile woman, when he does so intentionally, she should be executed.23 She is executed because she caused a Jew to be involved in an unseemly transgression, as [is the law with regard to] an animal.24 [This applies regardless of] whether the gentile women was a minor of three years of age,25 or an adult, whether she was single or married. And it applies even if [the Jew] was a minor of nine years old, [she is executed].26This [punishment] is explicitly mentioned in the Torah, as [Numbers 31:16-17] states: Behold they were [involved] with the children of Israel according to the advice of Balaamו.27 Execute any woman fit to know a man through lying with a male.At this point one might object that in Israel the Jews do not execute gentile women and girls above 3 y.o. who have been violated by Jewish men, but, there is an explanation - which you can hear in this 10 minute video by Israeli ex-yeshiva student Yossi Gurvitz (google him) …
Japan's age of consent is 13?
God I can't wait until ours is 13. I am 40 and been eyeing my daughters friend...
Why is the age of consent so low (14) in Germany? Does this have an adverse effect on German society?
Because a fair number of fourteen-year-olds are well into puberty, and sexually active. It has to be said, though, that this is not a simple all or nothing matter.The full age of consent for all kinds of sexual activity is actually eighteen.Sex for payment involving those under eighteen years old is illegal, for example, as are sexual relationships between persons under eighteen and those who are entrusted with their care or education. Sixteen is another relevant age. The legalese is a bit hard to work through, but what it boils down to, as far as I understand, is this:Fourteen- and fifteen-year-olds can consent to sexual activities, but if these involve a full adult (over twenty-one), the standard assumption is that the adult is exploiting the minor's lack of maturity (which is illegal. Whether this is the case is decided on a case-by-case basis).Sixteen- and seventeen-year-olds can consent to sexual relations, with the exception of prostitution, porn and other sexual activities for financial gain. If there is reason to believe the minor's capacity for informed consent is lacking, or an exploitative relationship is in place, these can still be deemed illegal on a case-by-case basis.Those over eighteen are pretty much free to do what they like.The rule of thumb we used when we were in the relevant age group went something like this: Kids can fuck around among themselves all they want, those eighteen and above should stay well clear of under sixteen-year-olds, and be sure the parents of sixteen- to eighteen-year-olds they'd like to get involved with were ok with their kids being sexually active.The important thing is: people under fourteen are considered children and strictly off-limits to anyone, sexually. They're supposed to be fundamentally incapable of informed consent to sex.For those above, in the end the individual's maturity, as judged by a court and court-appointed experts is the real test. The age limits are more or less guidelines.As usual: I'm not a lawyer or even cooking for a law firm, so this is in no way, shape or form meant to be something even resembling legal advice.Thanks to Andreas Ziegner-Rößler for pointing out some misconceptions. Any remaining errors remain strictly mine, obviously.
Age of consent is 16, in Oklahoma?!?
The age of consent in OK is indeed 16. That means that once someone reaches 16 they can legally consent to sex with a person of any age (So long as they are also over 16) However, until you reach 18, your parents have the legal authority to order him to keep away from you, and he commits a crime if he does not. If a 21 year old engages in sexual relations - including oral sex - with a 15 year old he commits a felony. Your parents cannot press charges - the State, not the victim, presses criminal charges - but the State can, and they can prosecute him for up to five years after you reach the age of 18. Richard
How was the Gilded Age a negative time period for the United States?
I have this history paper where we have to say the effects of the Gilded age. I was given the negative effects so it would be great if someone could give 3 well explained negative effects of this time period. (Along with reliable sources please) Thanks.
Why is the age of sex consent so low in the Philippines (just 12 years old)?
Some years back, I dragged my cousin to a bar and had drinks. A friend came with hotties (aged 17 & 18), both students of one of the fine schools in Manila. My cousin got drunk and we went home. The following day, my cousin, who was reviewing for the bar exams, showed me the pertinent law regarding age of consent.It says something like; “Prision Mayor” or 12 years of jail time for sex with a woman between 12–17 years old. The penalty for sex with girls younger than 12 is much worse.I also know someone who got multiple rape cases filed by a mom. It turned out that the guy had a relationship with her (14 or 16 year old) daughter.In short, it is illegal to have sex with ladies less than 18 years of age in the Philippines.The same cousin told me that the sentence of 12 years will have to be served in full and one cannot get out earlier, even for good behavior.EDIT: I searched for a pertinent law and it seems that consensual sex with a 12 to 17 year old woman falls under “Qualified Seduction” and bears a 6 to 12 year sentence.C. Requirements for seduction or consented sexual intercourse:1. The victim is a woman who must be over 12 years because if her age is below 12 the offense is statutory rape2. She must not be over 18 years (it is presumed that if over 18 years, she is of sufficient understanding to take care of her virtue and chastity). However even if the woman is over 18 if there was “Grave Abuse of Authority” or “fraudulent machination” the crime would be rape.
Should the the USA set it's age of sexual consent at 16 for all 50 states?
Age of consent 16: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia Age of consent 17: Colorado, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Texas. Age of consent 18: Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, North Dakota, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming. It is 16 in most states; 16 with no restrictions (basically once you turn 16 you can have sex with anyone you like who is 16 or older) It ranges from 12-17 in Europe; with 16 been the most common; should 16 be the FULL age of sexual consent?