I appreciate your response Nick, but lets be clear here.
France had no age of consent laws? That’s what they seem to be trying to tell us. Why wasn’t the 11 year old covered?
In 2017, a nation had no age of consent laws on the books? Seriously? With all the sex problems with kids, they didn’t have an age of consent law?
Yes, I read what you did. It’s utter nonsense. No kids were reporting rapes, and they weren’t seeing young kids having sex with older people? That just defies logic!
How about eight year olds then, could adults have had sex with them as long as they consented, and the ability to prosecute for a high crime would have been unavailable?
This whole topic wreaks!
It seems unfair to blame me, I have no control over what France does.
In fact, the French DO get upset about young people having affairs with older people. The famous incident of Gabrielle Russier and her lover is an example. If they felt so bad, they should have raised the age then.
According to Wikipedia the age of consent in France was set as:
Age 11 in 1832
Age 13 in 1863
Age 15 in 1945
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_Europe
I haven’t read the whole article but this is probably a tweaking of the 1945 law. Possibly to make rape of minors easier to prosecute.
Somewhat interestingly in 1942 France legally set the age of consent for homosexual acts at 21.
That was lowered to 18 in 1974 and to 15 in 1982.
The French have been going downhill for awhile.