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Japan redefines rape and raises age of consent in landmark move (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[–] agreyworld 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

13! That's crazy.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Some states in the US still have marriage exceptions in the age of consent laws and some states still have laws allowing you get married at young ages with parents/judge approval iirc. Also several states that have some exceptions for some forms of marital rape. So not really surprising that other countries would also technically have laws like that. Definitely room for improvement in a lot of places...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nonsense. It is quite literally impossible for humans to live that long. 6227020800 years? Are you kidding me? The oldest of us barely even make it to 100!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

you say its impossible but then your last sentence claims we can barely reach 9.3326215443944E+157.... so which is it? j/k

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Damn it. I didn't even notice I did the same thing, hahahah

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

lol. i saw your comment was in the negative so i upvoted. factorial jokes are under appreciated.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

From what I know though (and I could be wrong), that was sort of like the country wide minimum, however each prefecture had a higher one, so it actually wasn't 13 anywhere.