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Thunderball · 06-22-2006, 02:11 PM

the big thing to worry about (and hopefully there's a provision to protect against this) is the situation that has been known to happen in the US:

Guy is 17, Girl is 14... completely legal, or at least not illegal, since neither are violating the age of consent laws since neither are of age... now, 6 months later, guy is 18, girl is 15... they are sexually active, and they have a nasty break up. Girl alleges statutory rape.

Since they are more than two years apart, in Canada, there would be no legal protection. Clearly he did nothing wrong, and dating someone two or even three or four years younger is not anything perverted or exploitative.

I do think the AoC should be upped to 16... but that should be for anyone over 21, and there must be provisions for any imaginable circumstance that is respectable to the majority of society.

06-22-2006, 02:11 PM	#31
Thunderball Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Calgary, AB Exp:	the big thing to worry about (and hopefully there's a provision to protect against this) is the situation that has been known to happen in the US: Guy is 17, Girl is 14... completely legal, or at least not illegal, since neither are violating the age of consent laws since neither are of age... now, 6 months later, guy is 18, girl is 15... they are sexually active, and they have a nasty break up. Girl alleges statutory rape. Since they are more than two years apart, in Canada, there would be no legal protection. Clearly he did nothing wrong, and dating someone two or even three or four years younger is not anything perverted or exploitative. I do think the AoC should be upped to 16... but that should be for anyone over 21, and there must be provisions for any imaginable circumstance that is respectable to the majority of society. Last edited by Thunderball; 06-22-2006 at 02:17 PM.