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Age of Consent
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George Monbiot's book The Age of Consent is published in Britain by Flamingo. It will be published in the US next year by the New Press, under the title A Manifesto for a New World Order. There's an archive of around 500 of his essays at www.monbiot.com
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Music brought Age of Consent co-founders John Callahan and David Hughes together in early 1981. Callahan, recently arrived from the East Coast - a disco and rap devotee - took issue with Hughes's dismissive criticism of disco. Callahan stuck around after the talk to exchange ideas about the music scene and to learn more about Hughes's gay punk and performance perspective. A friendship developed. Later that spring, when Hughes was producing an experimental "Sound and Vision" series at a downtown gallery, Callahan suggested a rap - a political gay rap.At the time, rap music was new enough to be considered experimental and so the two wrote "Fight Back," an anti-gay-bashing rap, which was the show-stopper at one of the series' performances.
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The rationale behind setting the age of consent at 13 is that physical maturation, despite variable emotional and social readiness, forces youth into making choices in an open society. It is best that the law acknowledged this reality and support youth in developing the ability to assume the necessary responsibilities.
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[T]here is a crime called estupro stipulated in Article 180, which refers to consented sex with adolescents aged 12 to 18, when consent is obtained through any means of deceit. The penalty is 6 months to 4 years of prison. This crime needs a complaint (querella) to be prosecuted.
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Sissy Jochmann, a second grade teacher from Pennsylvania and chair of the Conservative Educators Caucus, delivered a two-minute speech in which she urged the NEA to support students in their right to choose not to engage in homosexual behavior. But Jochmann says delegates booed and shouted angrily at her while she spoke.
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The age of consent is 18, with a misdemeanor if the minor has 3 or less years of difference with the major. Penalties increase if the minor is under 14 and the major is above 21.
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