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Contents 1 Map colours are wrong 2 Pornography Law: Appearning Young 3 "Sexual consent" redirects here?? 4 Their are some arguments that are not in this article then .

Does this mean that sex between 2 13 or 14 year olds is illegal? SlashinatorX (talk) 02:41, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Map colours are wrong

Somebody needs to change the colours of New Mexico (the AOC is 16, not 17) and of Montana (AOC is 16, not 18). see Ages of consent in North America.

Also, Iceland has the wrong colour. The AOC there is 15, not 14:

see Ages of consent in Europe :The age of consent in Iceland is 15, as specified by Section 202, which reads: "Anyone who has carnal intercourse or other sexual intimacy with a child younger than 15 years shall be subject to imprisonment for at least 1 year and up to 16 years."

202. gr. Hver sem hefur samræði eða önnur kynferðismök við barn, yngra en 15[fimmtán] ára, skal sæta fangelsi ekki skemur en 1[eitt] ár og allt að 16[sextán] árum. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.121.10.70 (talk) 21:14, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Pornography Law: Appearning Young

The Pornography section reads: Films and images showing individuals under the age of 18 (or who appear to be under in some jurisdictions) in applicable jurisdictions can be classified as child pornography. No citation or example was given for that part in brackets and frankly it sounds supsicious. Maybe the citation is hidden away in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_pornography in which case can someone add it to this article otherwise I'd say that sounds like an unverified claim. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.149.102.148 (talk) 00:18, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] "Sexual consent" redirects here??

To me that's just wrong. Age is only one part of sexual consent. Other factors include permission, whether any drugs or alcohol is involved, whether all parties are awake and conscious, whether the relationship (if there is one) is at all abusive, safewords if there is any bondage or other power exchange going on, etc. I think we should consider removing that redirect and making "Sexual consent" its own page. toll_booth (talk) 02:54, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Their are some arguments that are not in this article then .

Their are many arguments that are not here in this article regarding those who have issues with the age of consent laws. Although I cannot source these arguments, they are logical arguments. May I add some? Or not then and? 71.105.87.54 (talk) 20:32, 30 September 2009 (UTC)