Age of consent

The age of consent is the age at which a person can legally consent to have sexual intercourse.^[1] This is also the minimum age of the other person legally permitted to engage in sexual activity. Having sex with a person who is younger than the age of consent (but who agrees to have sex) is called statutory rape. The person below the minimum age is regarded as a victim, and their sex partner as the offender. Different countries have different laws regarding the age of consent. Some are as low as 12 or as high as 21.^[2] Most countries have ages set between 14 and 16. But worldwide, the average age of consent is 16 years of age.^[3]^[4] Often, there are exceptions, so that two people who are about the same age, can still have sex.

↑ "What is the Age of Consent to Sexual Intercourse?". AVERT. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
↑ Jessica Best (17 November 2013). "What is the age of consent around the world? From Angola at 12 to Bahrain at 21". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
↑ "The Convention on the Rights of the Child". UNICEF. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
↑ Emily Dugan (17 November 2013). "'Confused' messages: an emotive debate reignites about the UK's age of consent". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[ADVERT-1] "What is the Age of Consent to Sexual Intercourse?". AVERT. Retrieved 2 February 2015.

[2] Jessica Best (17 November 2013). "What is the age of consent around the world? From Angola at 12 to Bahrain at 21". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[3] "The Convention on the Rights of the Child". UNICEF. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2015.

[Dugan-4] Emily Dugan (17 November 2013). "'Confused' messages: an emotive debate reignites about the UK's age of consent". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

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