Is age of consent 18 too high?

California The age of consent in California is 18. It is illegal for anyone to engage in sexual intercourse with a minor (someone under the age of 18). Those over the age of 21 engaging in sex with those under 16 are subjected to more harsh penalties. The age of consent is 16, with some close-in-age exemptions.

What is the highest age of consent in the world?

21
The highest Age of Consent in the world is 21 in Bahrain. The second-highest age of consent is 20 in South Korea, while the majority of other countries have an Age of Consent between 16 and 18.

Should the age of consent be 18 years old?

The age of consent should be the national age of majority, 18 years of age. In a free society, there will always be limitations and restrictions on individuals, usually based upon their ability to do harm to themselves or others. One of the most basic responsibilities of society is to protect the young and the infirm.

Should the age of consent be raised in Canada?

According to Andrea Cohen of the Canadian Federation of Sexual Health, “There is no evidence to suggest that raising the age of consent would protect youth, but what it will do is infringe upon the rights of youth in terms of their ability to make decisions on their own sexuality.”

Is adolescent consent legal consent or legal assent?

Therefore, drawing on contract law — but not mirroring it exactly — I propose that the law should credit adolescent consent not as legal consent but as legal assent. Legal assent requires no additional parental consent or permission. Yet unlike legal consent, it carries no associated threshold level of legal capacity.

Is there a scientific argument for modifying consent laws?

There is a scientific argument for modifying consent laws. Though laws placing minimum ages on contracts, and sexual consent, were created before we knew that science, lawmakers intuitively (if inconsistently) recognized that teenagers do not make decisions in the same way adults do.