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>In 1979 two open letters were published in French newspapers defending individuals arrested under charges of statutory rape, in the context of abolition of age of consent laws.
The way the frenchies describe it is not lowering the age of consent for the youths sake, but for the sake of defending individuals whom knowingly broke the law. A particularly sensitive law put in place due to concerns of abuse, rape, and all other issues that inherently come with adult-minor relations. I simply don’t believe lowering the age of consent below 16 provides any benefit, for both parties. Yes, I’m aware that this is an arbitrary age and for some people the age at which they can make responsible decisions concerning their sexual health might be 15 for some and 18 for others bit a line has to be set.
Pic unrelated but it is an nice critique of banning of clearly underage characters in fiction.