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Thursday, November 16, 2017

Age of sexual consent at age 13: French government proposal raises outrage
Following the acquittal of a 30-year-old man accused of raping an 11-year-old girl, the French government wants to establish a limit on consent to sexual relations at age 13. Feminist associations propose to establish the same limit at 15 years.
Is a child able to adequately express consent to a sexual relationship at the age of 13? For feminist associations the answer is clear: no. They met on November 15 at Place Vendome in Paris, before the Ministry of Justice, to express their anger at the government's proposal.
This proposed limit of consent "does not consider all the fragility that exists in this age group, when the body is more developed than the psychological maturity ... The body shows signs of puberty, which leads the rapists to commit violence," said Fatima Benomar to Sputnik France.
Following outrage over two court rulings, including the acquittal of a 30-year-old man accused of raping an 11-year-old girl because of lack of evidence of lack of consent, the government reacted.
Marlène Schiappa, Equality secretary, wants to include the so-called "limit of irrefutable presumption of non-consent" in the law against sexual and gender-based violence (the government intends to present it in 2018). Speaking to RTL television, Justice Minister Nicole Belloubet mentioned the possibility of setting the threshold at the 13-year level. 
"When an adult has sex with a child under the age of 15, this is judged to be sexual violence, it is a crime. But the law says there is no need to prove that there is violence, coercion or threat to demonstrate that it is We disqualify gravity but we show that, under that age, the French state thinks there is no maturity, no discernment to formulate consent, "said Fatima Benomar.
In addition, according to her, "even progressives who want, for example, to lower their voting age, something that can be considered a reference for maturity or discernment, do not go below the age of 16." 
"This really deprives young women of 13 or 14 years of legal protection. 15 years is the age of the end of school, we can start talking about security, affective maturity, cognitive, that they can offer real resistance to those who consider as a third person, as well as an adult who has an ascendancy over them, "Fatima Benomar stressed Sputnik France. 
However, it recognizes that this bill is a step in the right direction. "It is a realization. France was the only country where there was no minimum age. child under 5 years can not formulate consent. " At the same time, she points out that the Penal Code favors the aggressors, as the recent case of the 11-year-old girl showed.

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