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[edit] Germany

The map is misleading and plain wrong for tha vast majority of the european countries. To be explicit: consensual sex is legal in germany at the age of 15 if approved by the parents and at the age of 16 without parental approval. People become "of age" at the age of 18, meaning that they're given the full rights in elections and the permission to apply for driver's licenses. Up to the age of 24 it is possible to apply special legal protection for offenders if experts in a legal trial testify that the offender is not capable of judging the impact of his deeds for immaturity reasons. Consensual sex is NOT permitted at the age of 13 in germany, as the map suggests. I strongly advocate the removal of this highly misleading map.

[edit] Northern Ireland

Although England, Scotland and Wales all have the age of consent set at 16, Northern Ireland retains the age of consent at 18. Therefore the map is incorrect.

Not sure, but I think it is 17.

Yes - the age of consent is 17 in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland (as stated in the ages of consent in Europe article). The map is wrong. 217.155.20.163 21:11, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Canada

Needs to be fixed - I'll try to do this. WilyD 15:36, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

The age of consent for Canada is 14, not 16. The government has introduced legislation to change it to 16. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Martina17 (talk • contribs).

the previous version did show Canada as 14, but it was changed to 16, on 22 July --Astrokey44 11:30, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Greenland

Um, you can colour Greenland in the same colour as Denmark. The former is a territory of the latter. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.173.11.51 (talk • contribs).

greenland has been fixed --Astrokey44 11:27, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Request for change

Four countries are currently marked purple for "must be married". I am requesting that these countries be color-coded by the age requirement for marriage, and then they can have a symbol appended (such as a star in the middle) to indicate "must be married". I am assuming that there is an age requirement for marriage in these countries (i.e. a five-year-old cannot be married). I will make this change if someone knows the requirements for marriage in these four countries. Thanks. — Reinyday, 16:48, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WA, USA

It's 16 in Washington State, even if the other is arbitrarily old. The reason the web-sites say "16/18" is that there are certain circumstances when it's 18 (teachers, etc.). I suspect other states may be similarly misrepresented. —Ashley Y 05:56, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

I too live in Washington, and I heard the law is 16 unless there's a 18 or more month in age, then it's 18, but I dunno where I heard it. Sonic3KMaster(talk) 22:02, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Can you find a citation? I'd like to be sure before I change it. — Reinyday, 06:59, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
RCW 9A.44, but you have to pick through it. It's 16 generally (9A.44.079, 9A.44.089), but 18 in the special case of "abuses a supervisory position" (9A.44.093, 9A.44.096). —Ashley Y 08:59, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Color coding

Does anyone else find it very difficult to distinguish the five different shades of blue from each other? LeaHazel : talk : contribs 12:17, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

  • I found the shades of blue very misleading and was lead to believe that certain European countries had been shown as having consenting ages that were younger than in actuality. I propose amendments to the map for this (as well as the others on this page). I do not have means to make these alterations myself. SKC 00:17, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
  • I agree, though the hardest part was all the yellows. Although the blues would be more problematic, since their range starts with 9. The yellows need fixing, but the blues need fixing first.
  • Well, there are 12 different designations. So what are your suggestions for the different colors? I can change it if you have a suggestion as to how... — Reinyday, 06:58, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Updates

As of 07:10, 21 November 2006 (UTC), this page says:

   
Image talk:Age of Consent.png
 NOTE - VENEZUELA: The map is also probably not correct about Venezuela. There are no evidences or any information or sources about the age of consent in this country, to corroborate the assumption that the Venezuelan AoC is 16 (green color). The color in the map should be gray (for "not available"). There is also a lack of information about other countries in South America that should appear in gray as well - Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru and Colombia.

CANADA: The age of consent may be moved to 16 from 14 with the new government. Legislation has not been passed yet, however.

MADAGASCAR: Map is incorrect. Age of consent (and marriage) is normally 14. For homosexuals it is 21.


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First, the evidence for Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Paraguay, Bolivia and all other countries comes from A table of worldwide ages of consent, including US states and Legal Age of Consent.

Second, is Canada 14 or 16 now?

Third, the first above source cites 21 for Madagascar. Could you please find a citation for age 14?

I am happy to update this map if provided with the evidence to do so. Until then, I'm removing these notices. Thanks! — Reinyday, 07:10, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

  • Canada is 14. There's been talk of legislation to up it to sixteen, but don't hold your breath. There are some usual cavaets. WilyD 14:00, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Madagascar: see Ages of consent in Africa for source. Hawklord 20:48, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
    • My French is pretty poor, but it seems to me to say you have to be 21 or emancipated by marriage. Specifically, it refers to being less than 21, but more than 14, but not emancipated by marriage: "...la personne d'un mineur de vingt et un ans, même âgé de plus de 14 ans, mais non émancipé par le mariage." — Reinyday, 01:21, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
      • You are quoting the special case where a relative (ascendant) is culpable: "Sera puni de la peine portée à l’alinéa 1 l’attentat à la pudeur commis par tout ascendant sur la personne d’un mineur de moins de 21 ans, même âgé de plus de 14 ans, mais non émancipé par le mariage.". The first paragraph states the normal case, 14 years. See [1] for an explanation in English. Hawklord 10:47, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
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