Do you think they age of consent in the UK, should be raised from 16 to 18?

Cause thinking about it, it is a little young.
This age threshold also means that if a person is over 16 and sleeps with someone under 16 they can be charged with statutory rape.

When I was 16 I thought that was a good standard but now I'm like 39 I think 16 is a little young.

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swirlie · F

I think before we decide to raise the age of consent from 16 to 18, we must first ask ourselves WHY the age of consent (which refers strictly to acts of sex) was placed at 16 in the first place, yet the Age of Majority (which is the legal age of adulthood) is 18?

To raise the Age of Consent from 16 to 18 makes about as much sense as lowering the Age of Majority from 18 to 16.

Why are both ages not the same in either case?

Why was the age of consent allowed to be 16 if the girl in question cannot get married until she is 18, even if she was legally permitted to engage in acts of sexual intercourse when she was 16 and got pregnant as a result of providing her own legal consent to engage in those acts of sex?