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Originally Posted by Soldier Boy
You're never going to stop kids from experimenting but yes IMO it should be a hard limit of 18 if engaging in sexual activity with anyone over the age of 21. Under 18 decriminalised IF both people are around the same age - which wouldn't make it legal, but would stop daft things like a 19 year old ending up on the sex offenders register for having a 17 year old boy/girlfriend, or two 15 year olds both breaking the law if they have sex.
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I agree with that. The age of consent really is (or should be) to protect young people from being preyed upon by older people. 13 is horrifically low though. It's 17 here in Ireland