eighteen (16)
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I hate to break it to you, oh impotent one, but you're not the big bad anymore, you're not even the kind of naughty.
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tommyrot - Nov 21, 2005 8:02:51 am PST #8735 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 21, 2005 8:04:03 am PST #8736 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The legal age of consent for sexual activity is sixteen (16) years, but eighteen (16) years for homosexual males.
Looks like they're trying to generate some sexual ambivalence here.
tommyrot - Nov 21, 2005 8:05:04 am PST #8737 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Or else 16 is eighteen in gay-years.
Jars - Nov 21, 2005 8:06:34 am PST #8738 of 10002
The age of consent got equalised for homosexual males a couple of years back. And as far as I know, once you're sixteen, you can do what, or rather who, you like, regardless of parental consent.
§ ita § - Nov 21, 2005 8:07:28 am PST #8739 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If you read the link, which seems more recent, you get this:
The Act makes three changes to the law on sexual offences. First, it reduces the minimum age at which a person, whether male or female, may lawfully consent to buggery (an offence which does not exist in Scotland) and certain homosexual acts. This reduction is from 18 to 16 in England and Wales and Scotland, and from 18 to 17 in Northern Ireland. This equalises the age of consent for sexual activity so that it is the same for male homosexuals as for heterosexuals and lesbians ie 16 in England, Wales and Scotland and 17 in Northern Ireland. Second, in all jurisdictions, a person under the age of consent no longer commits an offence themselves if they engage in buggery (not Scotland) or certain homosexual acts with a person over the age of consent.
Also interesting is that they have a "position of trust" thingy which means that if you're over 18 and in a position of trust over someone who's 17, you're a sex offender. Does the US have anything like that?
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 21, 2005 8:08:30 am PST #8740 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
The info I'd read must have been out of date then... it seemed to indicate that over 20s and under 18s would involve criminal prosecution of the older party.
Mr. Broom - Nov 21, 2005 8:08:44 am PST #8741 of 10002
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
Ah. Well, I can't say the world doesn't need more duelling magicians. The more the merrier.Well, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell has been optioned as a film, so wishes just may be horses in this case. Of course, if "The Prestige" really takes off, a movie about dueling magicians who use real magic a couple years later (set a hundred years earlier) may cause some amusing confusion for audiences.
§ ita § - Nov 21, 2005 8:09:12 am PST #8742 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The info I'd read must have been out of date then.
Unless something changed and changed back between the 80s and now, it was very out of date.
bon bon - Nov 21, 2005 8:15:58 am PST #8743 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Also interesting is that they have a "position of trust" thingy which means that if you're over 18 and in a position of trust over someone who's 17, you're a sex offender. Does the US have anything like that?
I don't know, I've never heard of it. But some states have laws where statutory rape depends on the age difference between the parties; narrowing that crime to one where the older person has influence over the younger makes sense. And there are similar laws where your legal position depends on whether you're in a position of influence. Like if you receive a dispensation in a will-- I don't remember what exactly happens.
Gris - Nov 21, 2005 8:32:16 am PST #8744 of 10002
Hey. New board.
Even if 16 + 23 = jail time, wouldn't they have to prove that they're actually having Teh Sex? I mean, I know it may be uncommon and all, but I imagine people could still be in a sex-free relationship. Or does snogging count as sexual activity?