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age of consent |
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age of consent, (in medical jurisprudence) the age at which an individual is legally free to act as an adult, without parental permission for activities such as marrying, having sexual intercourse, or giving permission for medical treatment or surgery. The specific age of consent varies from 13 to 21, according to local laws. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And they demand action: the "right" to be
married, mandated insurance benefits for "partners,"
anti-discrimination laws that would penalize Christian landlords and
businessmen, and worst of all, the abolition of age-of-consent laws.
Wisconsin, much like the rest of the nation, was undergoing a shift in
the sexual regulation of adolescent girls: the 1880s was the decade of
the age-of-consent reform campaigns. Indeed, Shanley's alleged connections to the North American
Man/Boy Love Association, a group that questions age-of-consent laws and
is a pariah to most gay activism, are among the most heated of all the
controversies surrounding him. |
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