Vaush with yet another reason to get mad at China, mulls plans to visit before the laws change.

  • UncleJoe [comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    Chinazi once again suppressing basic freedoms smh

    spoiler

    Why the fuck was it at 14 in the first place LMAO

    • SoyViking [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I think it is 14 in Spain as well. The idea behind having an age of consent that low is probably that teenagers having sex with each other shouldn't be the police's business.

      • T_Doug [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        [tw: Sexual violence]

        It's pretty fucked up that it's that low in China given that such Chinese law is partially responsible for an oil executive getting away with sexually abusing, for years, a teenaged girl under his care. The only silver-lining of that horrific event being that it has created public pressure for China to raise its age of consent.

        Many countries are able to write common-sense laws that allow for teenagers to have sex, while still making it illegal for adults to take advantage of them. There's no reason that China can't do the same

        • SoyViking [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          I'm not saying that the Chinese law is the best way of doing this, only suggesting what the reasoning behind it could be.

      • culdrought [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Some countries have it so that the age of consent is lower if the other party is also below a certain age. So for example the general age of consent could be 16, but if the other party is below 16, then the age of consent becomes 14.

        • SoyViking [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          They guy who is the Danish minister for foreign affairs had sexual relations with a 15 year old girl from his party's youth organisation when he was 34 under what accounts suggests to be less than consensual circumstances. It was technically legal as the age of consent here is 15 and since the party stopped the girl and her family from involving the police.

          He stepped back from his most high-profiled rapporteurships for a few months and then went back to be elected several times and be appointed to one of the most influential ministries.

        • Randomdog [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Europeans are also very Catholic.

          I think those two things might be related.