class="MsoNormalAlternatively, the Nation is eager to tell the readers what they want to hear, and thus feeding into the populist narrative that
age of consent should remain at 18.
"It is a little-known fact - and something that the younger generation need to be made aware of - that even if you photograph your girlfriend or a friend's girlfriend who is over the
age of consent, that's illegal.
It reads: "Paul, David Mickey and Nettie were dissatisfied with the idea of an
age of consent. Nettie and Mickey felt strongly, that if there was to be an
age of consent, mutual sexual experiences below the
age of consent should not be dealt with as assaults."
Ms Hewitt's was the only name reportedly on the press release publicising the NCCL's call for a reduction in the
age of consent.
This will be used to promote the lowering of the
age of consent.
But a spokesman for No 10 said: "We reject the call to lower the
age of consent. The current age is in place to protect children and there are no plans to change it."
A spokesman said: "We reject the call to lower the
age of consent. The current age is in place to protect children and there are no plans to change it."
"However, I do believe a distinction must be made between a person who is within weeks of the legal
age of consent and an innocent child.
The Union Cabinet earlier on Monday approved the amendments to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2013 keeping the
age of consent for sex to 18 instead of 16.
" If
age of consent is reduced to 16, it will encourage child marriage, which is still a problem in India," the resolution adopted by the party's National Council meeting on Sunday said.