LYCOS RETRIEVER
Age of Consent: Al Zimmerman
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Of the men found guilty, 16 were aged 14-17, and 42 were between 18 and 20 (14-20 year olds ... comprised more than a quarter of all convictions). Only 22 of those successfully prosecuted were aged 40-plus (slightly more than 10 per cent), which demolishes the myth that this law is only ever invoked against the stereotypical 'dirty old man'.
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The law prohibits all forms of genital sexual behaviour involving men aged under 21, including "safer sex" such as mutual masturbation. Strictly speaking the same applies to heterosexuals and female homosexuals under 16, for whom any form of genital sexual contact legally constitutes an indecent assault, but in practice non-abusive, non-penetrative heterosexual behaviour between adolescents under 16 is socially accepted and highly unlikely to lead to prosecution.
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