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Increasing Age Of Consent Doesn’t Bring Down Sexual Exploitation
Increasing the age of consent from 14 to 16 years has not helped protect girls from sexual exploitation, a Canadian study shows. The increase was effected in the country two years ago.
After analyzing British Columbia population-based data, researchers from the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University have recommended additional strategies to safeguard vulnerable children and teens.
Their findings are published in the current issue the Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality.
According to the study’s lead author, Bonnie Miller, there were two primary reasons given for changing the law: to protect younger teens from being sexually exploited by adults, and to prevent them from making poorer sexual health decisions because of immaturity.
“The law was changed to protect 14 and 15 year olds from adult sexual predators,” says Miller, a research assistant in the UBC School of Nursing.
“But it turns out they’re not the ones at greatest risk. We found children under 13, already protected by the existing law, were the ones most likely to report first sex with adults age 20 years or older.”
Thirty-nine percent of teens who reported sex before age 12 had a first sexual partner who was 20 years or older, but only two to three per cent of 14 and 15 year olds had a first sexual partner who was 20 or older.
“It’s important to protect children and teens from sexual exploitation,” adds senior author Elizabeth Saewyc, professor of nursing and adolescent medicine at UBC. “But changes in laws should be based on evidence, and our evidence suggests this change isn’t going to address the real problem.”
After analyzing British Columbia population-based data, researchers from the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University have recommended additional strategies to safeguard vulnerable children and teens.
Their findings are published in the current issue the Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality.
According to the study’s lead author, Bonnie Miller, there were two primary reasons given for changing the law: to protect younger teens from being sexually exploited by adults, and to prevent them from making poorer sexual health decisions because of immaturity.
“The law was changed to protect 14 and 15 year olds from adult sexual predators,” says Miller, a research assistant in the UBC School of Nursing.
“But it turns out they’re not the ones at greatest risk. We found children under 13, already protected by the existing law, were the ones most likely to report first sex with adults age 20 years or older.”
Thirty-nine percent of teens who reported sex before age 12 had a first sexual partner who was 20 years or older, but only two to three per cent of 14 and 15 year olds had a first sexual partner who was 20 or older.
“It’s important to protect children and teens from sexual exploitation,” adds senior author Elizabeth Saewyc, professor of nursing and adolescent medicine at UBC. “But changes in laws should be based on evidence, and our evidence suggests this change isn’t going to address the real problem.”
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