Should the age of consent be lowered from 16 for heterosexual couples and to 18 for homosexual couples? But why does such a law exist. Hopefully, the following examines the commonly voiced arguments for and against ‘the age of consent’. Whatever the law passed in any country, there will always be supporters and opposers of it. Opposition can be for a number of reasons ranging from a sense of lost liberty to outright anarchy. The subject of …showed first 75 words of 1512 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1512 total…emotionally outside the family, or even rebel from what she has been brought up to be the ‘norm’ - digressing into anti-social behaviour. By contrast, the latter girl could possibly meet and have a child with a man who would love and look after her for the rest of her life, although there are many examples to suggest that the likelihood is that the former role would probably have the more happy or acceptable ending.