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“Underage sex” and sexting: There is no such thing as “the age of consent”
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“Underage sex” and sexting: There is no such thing as “the age of consent”

Posted on March 13, 2014 by catsjolin • 3 Comments

There is no part of a statute which states “The Age of Consent is X”.  There is no common law principle giving ‘The Age of Consent”.  So what do people mean when they talk about the age of consent? Most people would say that it means the age when it is legal to have sex, … Continue reading →

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