Contains sexual abuse - Questioning the legality of certain incidents.

abba12 · 28-09-2011, 12:15 AM

Obviously laws change from country to country, and state to state, so we can't be entirely accurite, but I was after some infomation about some incidents from my childhood.

I have known for awhile these things were wrong, but it only occured to me today that they may have actually been wrong in a legal sense too.The age of sexual consent in Queensland, Australia, is 16.

1. A 16 year old boy goes to 2nd base with a willing (but naive) 14 year old girl (he later informs her he was using her but I'm pretty sure that dosen't effect the legal status)

2. A 19 year old man goes to 2nd base with a 14 year old girl (also her 12 year old sister). 14yo pushes him away, but was it wrong for him to do it in the first place.

3. If these incidents are illegal and a parent is aware of them, is it wrong/illegal for the parent not to report them?

I believe the incidents were too long ago to do anything about now, I'd just like to know, for my own attempts to work through everything that happened. Until now I told myself nothing illegal had happened perse

Bellatrix · 28-09-2011, 12:35 AM

Not sure about 1 because it depends on teh cut off, but 2 and 3 are certainly illegal.

Not sure what 2nd base is, really, but anything sexual in those cases would be wrong.

damagedsurvivor · 28-09-2011, 01:07 AM

I don't think anything can be done with 1 because she was willing but maybe. As for 2 and 3 yes those are definitely illegal.

Mea 2nd base is anything above the waist and under clothing or anything below the waist on top of clothes.

ghosts in the machine · 01-10-2011, 01:16 AM

1 is technically illegal too... if he was 15 it would be a bit more of a grey area but yeah...

inconditus · 01-10-2011, 04:54 AM

For the record, I am from the UK.

I think these incidents would technically be considered illegal but, as someone else has said, when the instigator is similar in age to the underage victim then it can become a very grey area.

In regards to your last point, then as far as I know if a parent is aware of the sexual abuse of a child and does not report it then they may be liable to be prosecuted for the neglect of said child. A parent automatically has a duty of care to their child to protect them from harm, and this includes sexual exploitation and abuse.

I hope this helps.