HSS 3105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Fetus, Female Genital Mutilation, Mine-Clearing Line Charge
14 Oct 2017
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For adolescents they are usually de ned as either 12-17 (or 12-19, or 10-19) Youth = 15-24 or 10-24 (or12-24), sometimes it may even be 12-29. Young adults are 20-24 or 18-24 or 18-25. We need these categories to develop policies and legislation. 16 is the age of consent for sexual activity in canada, but this assumes the person you"re engaging sex with does not have authoritative power over the teen or the teen isn"t dependent on them. Age of consent for anal sex is 18 unless you"re married (this kind of discriminates against gay men) The age for being allows to sell sex is also 18. Non western ideas about childhood are generally treated as inferior [ex. child marriages, working from a young age (5-14)] There is no universal agreement about how chid labor should be de ned hence it varies between the literature. Although on a national level we use certain criteria to de ne child labor.
