Re:Hundreds of Nude Photos Jolt Colorado School
by StavrosK on Saturday November 14, 2015 @04:06PM
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I actually think Greece got this pretty right, the age of consent is 15 and if the people involved are within 3 years of age from each other, it's legal. The one dark spot here is that the age of consent for homosexual relationships between men is 18 for both participants, but here's hoping that will go away soon too.
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Re:Hundreds of Nude Photos Jolt Colorado School
by anotherevan on Saturday November 14, 2015 @07:33PM
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I had half written a post about how the laws in Australia are similar to what you outlined for Greece. I certainly agree that they make a lot more sense than no (legal) consent being considered possible for adolescents.
But in the end I dropped it because it struck me that while the legal ramifications of this situation may be considered stupid, the far overriding worry to me is how unhealthy this situation is: for those involved, for their community, and their culture.
The focus should be on the far more difficult problem of changing that. While legislation may be a part of that, I doubt if that alone is the solution. How do we fix this?