However, the child sexual abuse law with its definition of who is a child has increased the age of consent for sex from 16 years to 18 years, echoed by similar changes in the rape law. This paper revisits the debates on the age of consent in India in the late nineteenth century. It...
Age of Consent and Child Marriage in Indiagender identitiesgender imagesgender equalityAnti-colonial struggles have been narrowly interpreted so far, in terms of political self-determination in the making of sovereign nation-states. However, the impressive historical literature on Indian child marriage ...
In this article, I shall bring forth evidences which demonstrate that the ‘Age of consent’ was indeed, very young, even by today’s standards. I will provide academic sources which show that girls were allowed to be married at the age of 10 years old and sometimes times, as young as ...
By common consent, Alexander’s ongoing plans were abandoned. His generals had to be content with the office of governor. Antigonus Monophthalmos (“The One-eyed”; c. 382–301), like Antipater, was not in Babylon at the time of Alexander’s death in 323. For almost 10 years he had ...
Related to Age of Industry:industrial revolution industrial revolution alsoIndustrial Revolution n. The complex of radical socioeconomic changes, such as the ones that took place in England in the late 1700s, that are brought about when extensive mechanization of production systems results in a shift...
2.a period of human life, measured by years from birth, when a person is regarded as capable of assuming certain privileges or responsibilities:the age of consent. 3.the particular period of life at which a person becomes qualified or disqualified for something:to be over the age for militar...
Historians studying the debates around the Age of Consent Bill (1891) have not adequately analyzed its theologico-legal foundations and its utility in ascertaining notion(s) of social reform within the competing domains of authority (colonial law and religious customs). This chapter extensively analy...
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Standardized and regression coefficients of age-at-menopause, and hormone-therapy-use with global β-amyloid interactions in regional tau-SUVr adjusting smoking history (present versus not present) eTable 14. Standardized regression coefficients of age-at-menopause, and hormone-therapy-use with ...
The legal age for marriage differs in every country, and is almost always younger for girls than boys. FromThe Daily Beast A state health survey in 2012 found that more boys than girls were getting married before reaching the legal age of consent. ...