The best interpretation of my country's laws on sexual offences somewhat implies that kids can get away with sex with *other* chrono kids, with no legal consequence in that case (up to age 12)
@zoocat wait so if 2 12 year olds fuck its legal but if two 13 year olds fuck its illegal?
@melancholy yes, according to the best interpretation of the law, you can't charge anyone under 12 with a sexual offence. This of course is exclusive of other punishments, like like your parents beating you
@zoocat @melancholy does this mean I can identify as 12 and rape kids all day
@degen @melancholy gender changes aren't recognised by the law, I highly doubt that it will recognise your claim to be 12, sorry
@zoocat @melancholy lame abolish the courts
@degen @melancholy not the courts fault, blame society for who they put in charge of making laws
@zoocat thats so fucking stupid holy shit. This is what happens when you have normies runing society (aka democracy)
@melancholy I think it's to protect the child under 12 from going to jail, probably because the child "does not understand" a sexual offence? Idk really. I guess they don't want both a 14 and 8 year old to be charged. And from my experience, society sees teenage people as "not children" for some things, but are legally children until 18. This probably sounds confusing sorry
@zoocat @melancholy that brings up a really good example of common hypocrisy regarding minors: the minimum age for criminal responsibility
in the UK, that age is 10, while the age of consent is 16 (iirc anyway, but definitely higher than 10)
obviously it makes no sense that someone is considered to be responsible enough that convicting them of crimes is reasonable, while at the same time not being considered responsible enough to have sex
in the UK, that age is 10, while the age of consent is 16 (iirc anyway, but definitely higher than 10)
obviously it makes no sense that someone is considered to be responsible enough that convicting them of crimes is reasonable, while at the same time not being considered responsible enough to have sex
@melancholy @zoocat
Weeeeellllllll its complicated because if two minors have consensual sex it can be generally inferred it wont be considered a crime if they are generally quite close in age. But depending what province or country you are in popular interpretations may vary. And sometimes its extremely hard to get a clear message on this and essentially horrid parents can cause someone yo go to prison and be a sex offendor for consensual sex and theyre literally a child
Weeeeellllllll its complicated because if two minors have consensual sex it can be generally inferred it wont be considered a crime if they are generally quite close in age. But depending what province or country you are in popular interpretations may vary. And sometimes its extremely hard to get a clear message on this and essentially horrid parents can cause someone yo go to prison and be a sex offendor for consensual sex and theyre literally a child