It's as if the editors have taken a moral high ground and assume that anyone supporting the lowering of the
age of consent to 16 is a predator.
Silbaugh is associate Professor at Boston University School of Law, they say that before the 1900s
age of consent was ten years old, "The law governing the
age of consent has changed dramatically in the United States during this century.
Most of the eight images were of teenage heterosexual couples, all over the
age of consent, taking part in sexual activity.
YOU don't say how old you are but I'm assuming you're at least 16 and past the legal
age of consent and hope you're practising safe sex to protect yourself against STIs and unwanted pregnancy.
Yesterday, the panel found the charge of having sexual relations with a young person who was under the
age of consent proved but cleared Mr Howells of misconduct.
Another chilling document reveals Pollard agreed with the view of PIE that the
age of consent should be scrapped.
"I did not agree with the proposal in February 1976 to lower the
age of consent," said Mr Dromey, now a home affairs spokesman in Ed Miliband's Labour frontbench team.
I'M pleased that the Prime Minister has rejected calls for a lowering of the
age of consent (Echo, November 18), but the truth is that society is sending out confused signals about when sex is permitted.
A LIVERPOOL public health expert has accused the government of "burying its head in the sand" in a debate over lowering the
age of consent to 15.
DOWNING STREET has rejected a call from a leading public health expert to consider lowering the
age of consent for sex to 15.
"I was a few weeks shy of my 16th birthday, 16 being the legal
age of consent in Scotland, when I engaged in a fully consensual relationship with a teacher whose real identity I have always been careful to protect.