age of consent
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As the documentary points out, the age of consent in California is 18.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
The age of consent in Japan shifted from 13 to 16, after multiple rape acquittals in 2019 caused a national outcry.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2024
For gay and bisexual men, the age of consent was reduced from 18 to 16 in a law change in 2000, after a long campaign for equality.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2023
Washington’s age of consent for gender-affirming surgery without approval from a parent or guardian is 18.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
In 1885-87 she was superintendent of the Department of Social Purity, and at once entered upon a vigorous campaign to raise "the age of consent" for young girls.
From Two Decades A History of the First Twenty Years' Work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the State of New York by Frances W. Graham
