The government's proposal to make sex illegal for teenagers up to 18 years of age defies all logic. What world are we entering in? Are the politicians or academicians have shut their eyes before coming up with such proposals/laws?
Recently I was reading the news that children now are getting mature earlier. Puberty is attained 2 years earlier than was the case earlier. Age of 18 years no longer signifies adulthood.
And with the media and the Internet all pervasive in our lives the exposure to children have become much more and they are well aware of their sexuality and have much more information then even adults sometimes have.
In such a case how can teenage consent sex be termed as 'rape'? How can it be made illegal?
And by making it in a law are our lawmakers thinking that teenage sex will stop? It would result in bad practices, unsafe sex and unsafe abortions which could become another big problem in our socially conservative country.
In different countries the age limit for sexual indulgence is different and at the age of 16 most of the countries do not object to consensual sex. And then there are further exception to their laws.
In the schools and colleges today aren't the students aware about a lot many things apart from their studies, which may be you and I have came to know in college? Aren't abuses part of their dictionary, aren't explicit photos being carried by them on their mobiles and tablets? Have we forgotten about the MMS scandals in schools that surfaced a few years back?
Also with the power of Internet in their hands they have access to all kinds to photos, videos, literature and at that tender age they might not have the maturity to withhold themselves and in such a case if two teenagers involve in sexual activities, would you jail those teens?
Will the next law also ask the teenagers to stop dating, stop any physical contacts or stop talking even?
Haven't the teens in every age done exactly the thing that has been prohibited?
The government needs to re-look at such a proposal and academicians and social activist and people from all walks of life should be consulted before any harsh law comes into practice. The feasibility and practicality of it should be debated at length.
With Maharashtra raising the age of consuming alcohol to 21 and now government coming up with such proposals and already moral policing by different groups continuing, are we entering a Taliban regime, where the behaviors and dresses of the countrymen would be dictated by the government?
Recently I was reading the news that children now are getting mature earlier. Puberty is attained 2 years earlier than was the case earlier. Age of 18 years no longer signifies adulthood.
And with the media and the Internet all pervasive in our lives the exposure to children have become much more and they are well aware of their sexuality and have much more information then even adults sometimes have.
In such a case how can teenage consent sex be termed as 'rape'? How can it be made illegal?
And by making it in a law are our lawmakers thinking that teenage sex will stop? It would result in bad practices, unsafe sex and unsafe abortions which could become another big problem in our socially conservative country.
In different countries the age limit for sexual indulgence is different and at the age of 16 most of the countries do not object to consensual sex. And then there are further exception to their laws.
In the schools and colleges today aren't the students aware about a lot many things apart from their studies, which may be you and I have came to know in college? Aren't abuses part of their dictionary, aren't explicit photos being carried by them on their mobiles and tablets? Have we forgotten about the MMS scandals in schools that surfaced a few years back?
Also with the power of Internet in their hands they have access to all kinds to photos, videos, literature and at that tender age they might not have the maturity to withhold themselves and in such a case if two teenagers involve in sexual activities, would you jail those teens?
Will the next law also ask the teenagers to stop dating, stop any physical contacts or stop talking even?
Haven't the teens in every age done exactly the thing that has been prohibited?
The government needs to re-look at such a proposal and academicians and social activist and people from all walks of life should be consulted before any harsh law comes into practice. The feasibility and practicality of it should be debated at length.
With Maharashtra raising the age of consuming alcohol to 21 and now government coming up with such proposals and already moral policing by different groups continuing, are we entering a Taliban regime, where the behaviors and dresses of the countrymen would be dictated by the government?
