French government seeks to set age for sexual consent at 15

peter.suber's bookmarks 2021-02-10

Summary:

"France’s government wants to set the age of sexual consent at 15 and make it easier to punish long-ago child sexual abuse, amid growing public pressure and a wave of online testimonies about rape and other sexual violence by parents and authority figures...."

Link:

https://apnews.com/article/world-news-paris-france-sexual-abuse-7559acf85daea29ce5f2fa6221f4e491

From feeds:

Consent and coercion » peter.suber's bookmarks

Tags:

consent sex consent.age legislation rape rape.statutory competence

Date tagged:

02/10/2021, 08:43

Date published:

02/10/2021, 03:43