Max Clifford charged with 11 indecent assaults

[Rum]

There seem to be exceptions for most of them.

[Hermit]

In my prime as an academic , I drew the line at heavy petting. Unless , of course the student in question was angling for a First, in which case the sky was the limit.

"Doctor, doctor, kiss me!"
"No."
Please, doctor, I'm yearning for your kiss!"
"No!"
"Oh, please, doctor! Why not?"
"Because it's unethical. In fact, I shouldn't even be fucking you right now."

[Audley Strange]

Why would there be any drama between a 15 year old and a 17 year old? They're both minors.

If the age of consent was 16 in a given jurisdiction (and I know it varies) then technically the 17 year old boy could be prosecuted for having sex with the 15 year old girl. My post was an attempt to give a little flexibility...

(I suppose it also applies if a 17 year old girl is having sex with a 15 year old boy, though that would be a rarer event, most likely...)

In Ireland today, a 14 year old boy who has sex with a 15 year old girl will get a criminal conviction for statutory rape. She will get a hug, and be sent home.

WTF? That's clearly morally and ethically wrong.

Out of interest, where are these incontrovertible moral principles to be found?

Banging around like loose change in an empty piggy bank that is the mind of the moralist.

[En_Route]

In my prime as an academic , I drew the line at heavy petting. Unless , of course the student in question was angling for a First, in which case the sky was the limit.

"Doctor, doctor, kiss me!"
"No."
Please, doctor, I'm yearning for your kiss!"
"No!"
"Oh, please, doctor! Why not?"
"Because it's unethical. In fact, I shouldn't even be fucking you right now."

LSRTTNBTBTDA!