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| rdfs:label | - Age of Consent
- Age of consent
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| rdfs:comment | - The age of consent is, according to the most common usage of the term, the age at which people may legally engage in sex. Some countries have different ages of consent for different people — there may be a difference between male and female, for example, or between heterosexuals and homosexuals. The age of consent is not necessarily the same as the age at which people can get married, and is not necessarily the age at which people cease to be considered minors.
- Age of Consent was a 1969 film based on a 1935 novel by Norman Linsday. Not to be confused with the 1932 film The Age of Consent.
- The age of consent varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. The relevant age may also vary by the type of sexual act, the sex of the actors, or other restrictions such as abuse of a position of trust. Some jurisdictions may also make allowances for minors engaged in sexual acts with each other, rather than a single age. Charges resulting from a breach of these laws may range from a relatively low-level misdemeanor such as corruption of a minor, to statutory rape (which is considered equivalent to rape, both in severity and sentencing). Many jurisdictions regard any sexual activity by an adult involving a child as child sexual abuse.
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| abstract | - The age of consent is, according to the most common usage of the term, the age at which people may legally engage in sex. Some countries have different ages of consent for different people — there may be a difference between male and female, for example, or between heterosexuals and homosexuals. The age of consent is not necessarily the same as the age at which people can get married, and is not necessarily the age at which people cease to be considered minors.
- The age of consent varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. The relevant age may also vary by the type of sexual act, the sex of the actors, or other restrictions such as abuse of a position of trust. Some jurisdictions may also make allowances for minors engaged in sexual acts with each other, rather than a single age. Charges resulting from a breach of these laws may range from a relatively low-level misdemeanor such as corruption of a minor, to statutory rape (which is considered equivalent to rape, both in severity and sentencing). Many jurisdictions regard any sexual activity by an adult involving a child as child sexual abuse. There are many grey areas in this area of law, some regarding unspecific and untried legislation, others brought about by debates regarding changing societal attitudes, and others due to conflicts between federal and state laws. These factors all make age of consent an often confusing subject, and a topic of highly charged debates.
- Age of Consent was a 1969 film based on a 1935 novel by Norman Linsday. Not to be confused with the 1932 film The Age of Consent.
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