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Though the original arguments for raising the age of consent were based on morality, since then the raison d'être of the laws has changed to child welfare and a so-called right to childhood or innocence. [16] In France, under the Napoleonic Code, the age of consent was set in 1832 at eleven, [17] and was raised to thirteen in 1863. [18]
Some Christian denominations set a specific age with respect to the age of accountability. This includes seven in the Catholic Church, and eight in Mormonism. [1] Other people put the age of accountability at 12 (since that was the age at which Jesus began to demonstrate his understanding of right and wrong) or 13 (the age of the Jewish Bar Mitzvah).
Carnal knowledge has also sometimes meant sexual intercourse outside of marriage, and sometimes refers to sex with someone under the age of consent. The phrase is often found in this sense in modern legal usage, being equivalent to statutory rape in some jurisdictions, as the term rape implies lack of consent.
The age of consent in Washington is 16 with exceptions under different circumstances. RCW 9A.44.096 identifies situations in which the age of consent is higher. The age of consent is 18 for sex between foster parents and their foster children. It is 21 for sex between school teachers or administration employees and their students. [97]
‘We know older men will exploit young, vulnerable women,’ prominent lawyer warns
The age of consent is the age at which a person is considered to be legally competent to consent to sexual acts and is thus the minimum age of a person with whom another person is legally permitted to engage in sexual activity. The distinguishing aspect of the age of consent laws is that the person below the minimum age is regarded as the ...
The Marriage Act (1908) provides no minimum age with judicial consent; the age with parental consent is 15 (Marriage Act, Sec. 20(2), 50 and Schedule M). [106] Barbados: 18: 16 – [107] Belize: 18: 16 – with parental consent (The Belize Marriage (Amendment) Act of 2005 increased the minimum age from 14 to 16). [108] Bolivia: 18: 16
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