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Sept 4, 2008 11:47:08 GMT
Post by spina on Sept 4, 2008 11:47:08 GMT
Uh, what happens if there both underage? Like if somebody gets raped, and there both underage, well they can't really sort of get charged, can't they?
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Sept 4, 2008 20:14:38 GMT
Post by harmony on Sept 4, 2008 20:14:38 GMT
age of criminal responsibility in england is 10 years old so if a rape occurs and the perpetrator is 10 or more years old and the prosecution can show that he is aware of the significance of his actions, then he *can* be convicted if hes 14 it will normally be held he is aware of the significance of his actions
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Sept 6, 2008 16:02:47 GMT
Post by Operation Barbosa on Sept 6, 2008 16:02:47 GMT
Yeah, I head if an over 16 man has sex with an under 16 female then he gets charged with underage sex but if it's genders reversed, the woman doesn't get charged. Weird eh? Statutory rape is between 1 person aged 13 or under and one aged 16 or over. Aged between 13 and 16 its not usually statutory rape because the younger person is considered old enough to know what is going on, but it can happen if the age difference is considerably large, eg. the adult being in theuir 50s or something.
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Sept 6, 2008 16:04:16 GMT
Post by Operation Barbosa on Sept 6, 2008 16:04:16 GMT
Uh, what happens if there both underage? Like if somebody gets raped, and there both underage, well they can't really sort of get charged, can't they? Something like this has happened before, it was on the news ages ago. A 12 year old boy raped a 4?5? year old girl. There was a court case but I don't recall the outcome.
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Sept 6, 2008 17:05:40 GMT
Post by Zam on Sept 6, 2008 17:05:40 GMT
Uh, what happens if there both underage? Like if somebody gets raped, and there both underage, well they can't really sort of get charged, can't they? Something like this has happened before, it was on the news ages ago. A 12 year old boy raped a 4?5? year old girl. There was a court case but I don't recall the outcome. That is really disgusting, how can you even have sexual desire at 12?
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Sept 6, 2008 17:28:05 GMT
Post by forza21 on Sept 6, 2008 17:28:05 GMT
erm... A lovely thing called puberty. Not everyone are late starters But at 16: You are physically and most of the time emotionally ready. It's the age you can drive and live on your own The jump between 15 and 16 in terms of life and responsibilities. I say keep it like it is. You raise it up and more people will have underage sex. It's why it's like this in this country. It...makes...sense.
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Sept 6, 2008 18:13:25 GMT
Post by Doomsday on Sept 6, 2008 18:13:25 GMT
That is a good point Forza, but you're forgetting one thing. Some teenagers find it a bit of a turn on to break the law, hence underage sex.
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Sept 6, 2008 18:16:33 GMT
Post by forza21 on Sept 6, 2008 18:16:33 GMT
So lower the legal limit?
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Sept 7, 2008 18:50:01 GMT
Post by BiTe-mE on Sept 7, 2008 18:50:01 GMT
That is a good point Forza, but you're forgetting one thing. Some teenagers find it a bit of a turn on to break the law, hence underage sex. Well they are some screwed up teenagers then, although I know what you mean, my friend Nicole had her first kid at 14. It should stay where it is though.
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Sept 7, 2008 19:18:03 GMT
Post by TomBeasley on Sept 7, 2008 19:18:03 GMT
This may seem weird, but there are some benefits to lowering the age. One of the main reasons people have underage sex is because they have a strange desire to be rebellious. If the age was lowered, then having sex at that age would not be seen as rebellious and it may even happen less.
Also, I think young children should be taught about sex. Currently, most people learn about sex from their mates at an age earlier than they are supposed to know. This immediately associates sex with secrecy which leads them to not telling their parents when they actually do do it and it also associates it with rebellion. It gives the the feeling they know something they shouldn't know, leading to them wanting to do something they shouldn't do later on in life. If they were taught it by a teacher, all the secrecy and rebllion associated with sex would vanish.
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