Age of Consent Laws

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AGE OF CONSENT LAWS 19/2/13 Answer the Following Questions: 1) What is the difference between age of consent and consent? The difference between age of consent and consent is that age of consent is legally giving permission (consent) to engaging in sexual intercourse or sexual activities with another person but consent refers to committing or giving permission to engage in a certain act. 2) Why do you think there are age of consent laws? I believe there are age of consent laws to help protect children and younger adults from being sexually abused or being involved in unintentional and unwanted sexual activity. Even though the children might be willing and ready to engage in sexual activities, they won’t have the psychologically capacity to give consent or permission to involve in sexual interactions with other people. 3) What is the legal age of consent in State and Territories in Australia? The legal age of consent is 16 years of age in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Victoria and Western Australia. While the legal age of consent in Tasmania and South Australia is 17 years of age. And the legal age of consent for anal sex in Queensland is 18 years of age while the age of consent for all other sexual behaviour is 16 years of age. 4) Should there be legal defences against sexual intercourse with a person under the age of consent? Explain your argument. I believe there should be legal defences against sexual intercourse with a person under the age of consent as even though a person might be ready to engage in sexual activity, they won’t have the emotional and psychological capacity to take in the fact that they have been involved in sexual interactions with a another person they probably won’t know much about. 5) What is coercion? Coercion is the peer pressure put on one child by
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