legal age

[Nether$]

In England and wales it's 16 for 2 males, in N. Ireland its 17. Im not sure about anywhere else.

[Swearwolf]

reduced from 18 to 16 in england and wales in 2005

[superstreak]

Thought this would be helpful

http://www.avert.org/aofconsent.htm

[womanizer]

its 17 here.

[Naythi.]

What?

Really, i thought the age was 16 the same as it was for male on female sex. Thats actualy well out of order :S!

[Samishlol]

I think it's 18.

[Technologic]

its 18 as "people are more mature and have fully developed their views and have deided on their sexuality"


thats what my pse teacher said like last week :]

16 for staright sex though

[Mentor]

for gay sex?
i was like 99% sure it was 16
and today our pshe teacher said it was 18
i didn't wanna turn around and say 'actually it's 16' because i'd dig myself into an awkward situation at school, even moreso than i am in atm (don't ask lol)

but yerrrrrrr what is it?

Assuming your in England, you quite right its 16. Although it did used to be 18 not to long ago, the government brought the age in to line with that of heterosexual sex back in 2000.

I just googled this up in cased you'd like some evidence you can quote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1047291.stm

[NeonChains]

Well according to "Live Life Large" (stupidest thing ever that we all got handed out at school)...
"The earliest age you can legally have sex with the opposite sex is 16. Sex between two males is legal at 16 years (the same for a male and a female). The law does not say anything specifically about sexual relationships between two women (lesbian relationships)."

[TidgyPie]

My pse teacher said it was 18 and i just blurted out saying "who cares, i didnt stick to the law" and everyone stared at me i was like woops, and i went joking, and everyone laughed.

I was like phew!

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