When I was a very young teenager in London I was touched up by pervs many times. I remember one particular instance on a bus, you really don't want the details but I will never forget it. Cinemas and trains were also hunting grounds for these revolting men. It ended once I got to the age where I stopped being so mortified and embarrassed, and became really furious. Funny how it never happened again, it was as if the pervs could spot easy prey and would hone in. I never even told my mother that I'd been followed home from school yet again by some wanker (literally) because I felt deep down it was obviously my fault.
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He knew it was coming which is why he tried to get the injunction.
I mean this is the man who has a wife 10 years younger than him, don’t care how long they’ve been together, and I don’t care if 16 is ‘legal’ he met his wife when she was 16 and he was 26. It’s disgusting. I had a man reply to a comment I made about this on FB and he just said ‘So?’ Like it’s disturbing the amount of mean thinking it’s okay to date a 16 year old in your 20’s/30’s.Theres absolutely no way he and others didn't know,those close to him, when there's been rumbles just from the general public for years. Not buying his latest rubbish at all
No I was referring to Alan originally, and then Jimmy, but on reading it back I didn’t think it was clear that the second carr was Jimmy. And now I am sure I have made it worseNot Alan? He seems good friends
So you want the age of consent (of age 16) to apply to what age for the other person? Can they be 21, 25, 30???
Not morally - legally.
Chris Evans DJ nor Brian Cox Scientist are in Equity ..nor is Michelle Williams singer...even if they were, they would have to add a middle name or initial.
Aw no way we must've just caught it before it went. Gutted about that, my daughter loves it and he was only a very minor part
Its early, but I am now totally confused. Who is SF ML LF???? Can we just say the full name please.
I think all women have been sexually assaulted at some point in their lives. I remember having my bottom pinched standing in a queaue at McDonalds once, another time when I was working in a well known clothing chain we had someone who’d come in regularly and assault the mostly female staff by squeezing our bottoms. It was seen as funny but I remember feeling violated. This was the late 90’s/early 00’s. Around the same time I had a much older man approach me in a pub who wouldn’t take no for an answer and tried to carry me away from my friends, it was terrifying but thankfully I did manage to shake him off. I’d have been about 16/17 at the time.
Why was this stuff normalised? Women are told we should be careful when out walking and running in broad daylight even now. When is something going to be done about men? I know they’re not all bad, but as the saying goes it’s not all men but always men
Why was this stuff normalised? Women are told we should be careful when out walking and running in broad daylight even now. When is something going to be done about men? I know they’re not all bad, but as the saying goes it’s not all men but always men
In the Chris Evans case the fact that one is US and one is UK might make a difference too, because the American one will be a member of SAG, which has different rules to Equity (I'd be surprised if the DJ isn't a member of Equity, because he has definitely done some acting).
At age 16 all I was interested in was television. However at 16 many are sexually active. I didn't even kiss someone until I was age 20.
I'm not at all moralistic - I do respect the law 100%. The age of consent is 16, it is never going to change. Having said that I don't see the attraction of a much younger sexual partner myself.
Whilst older men/women having sex with teenagers may upset some people - unless they are in a position of trust, and as long as everything is consensual - no crime is being committed.
I'm not at all moralistic - I do respect the law 100%. The age of consent is 16, it is never going to change. Having said that I don't see the attraction of a much younger sexual partner myself.
Whilst older men/women having sex with teenagers may upset some people - unless they are in a position of trust, and as long as everything is consensual - no crime is being committed.
Someone I know had the exact same name as someone who was already a member of the Writers Guild of America and had since died, he had to contact his widow for permission to replace him.
Definitely and everyone applauding fetish creeps like Eddie Izzard.
It's going to age like milk.
I'm not sure I agree on that, honestly. I could quite easily see it getting raised to 18 with the CPS saying that they won't charge people if both are 16-18 or if its a small age gap (which is essentially the case now, they won't charge a 17 or 18 year old for having sex with a 15 year old in most cases)
I doubt the government will do what the Instagram post above is asking for because it would be relatively complex to write (and the current law is badly drafted as it is).
I actually think the age of consent thing is a bit of a red herring. The age at which young people lose their virginity in UK has been steadily rising since the advent of the iPhone and social media. Teenage pregnancy is at a modern age low.
Young people don't socialise much IRL anymore, so the ages at which they are having sex, even kissing and cuddling, drinking, clubbing etc have all gone up. In fact I think there's a startling stat recently reported to the effect that a significant proportion of young straight men and women are now quite a ways into their 20s before they have sex.
I'd also say that legal ages don't stop anything from happening. I had sex before 16, I knew it was illegal, I did it anyway. If I look back on events that really ducked me up, it wasn't losing my virginity (to someone also under 16), it was being on a periphery of being sucked into a grooming gang at 17, and then at 18 getting into a 'relationship' with a man of 35. Not illegal, but ducked me up because of the manipulative dynamics.
I think we'd be much better off educating children more on spotting grooming and manipulative relationships, and understanding the toxic nature of porn and hypersexualisation, than talking about increasing age of consent imho. Kids already aren't having sex. But they are being ducked up by their phones.
Young people don't socialise much IRL anymore, so the ages at which they are having sex, even kissing and cuddling, drinking, clubbing etc have all gone up. In fact I think there's a startling stat recently reported to the effect that a significant proportion of young straight men and women are now quite a ways into their 20s before they have sex.
I'd also say that legal ages don't stop anything from happening. I had sex before 16, I knew it was illegal, I did it anyway. If I look back on events that really ducked me up, it wasn't losing my virginity (to someone also under 16), it was being on a periphery of being sucked into a grooming gang at 17, and then at 18 getting into a 'relationship' with a man of 35. Not illegal, but ducked me up because of the manipulative dynamics.
I think we'd be much better off educating children more on spotting grooming and manipulative relationships, and understanding the toxic nature of porn and hypersexualisation, than talking about increasing age of consent imho. Kids already aren't having sex. But they are being ducked up by their phones.
The age of consent being 16 is fine so long as 16 year olds are sleeping with other 16 year olds. The problem arrises when older pervs take advantage.
That's something that has always stuck me - neither of Evans' wives ever speak anything but good of him.
It may not be a 'crime' but it still feels immoral IMO - a 16 year old is still very much developing, emotionally, socially, morally AND neurologically. They're more likely to have limited knowledge of relationships and social skills, and be more easily manipulated. They won't have the experience to recognise unhealthy behaviour and abusive treatment, and someone older, eg: in their 30s, will have MUCH more experience in developing relationship skills, they will be much more independent and will likely have resources the 16 year old will not have access too, giving a HUGE power imbalance to the relationship.