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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
Once again, I'm no legal expert. But Justice Canada's website addresses this particular issue.
In each case, context is important: but it sounds to me like the spirit of the law is to attempt to prevent exactly what you describe.
And I have to ask--what's the alternative? If you raise the age of consent to 18, you effectively criminalize 16 year olds having sex. That's not a productive strategy. Teenagers have been having sex since time immemorial, and they'll continue to do it regardless of what laws are passed. We need laws that protect teenagers from sexual predators--it sounds like that's actually what we have.
What you say about the three girls that you personally know makes me sad. These people are in all likelihood victims of abuse--but if they're not being protected by this law it's a problem of enforcement--the letter of the law is intended to protect them from exploitation.
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Well perhaps this law is new and will provide a greater degree of protection. I think the answer is to raise the age of consent with the exception given for close proximity of age. Right now a 14 year old can legally have sex with a twelve year old in Canada. That seems young to me. An 18 year old having sex with a 16 year old or maybe a 16 year old having sex with 14 year old although unwise probably shouldn't be illegal.
Of the three girls I'm talking about I know two were abused by family members. Two of them grew up without their Dad being in the home
as well.