A proposal to lower the age of consent in India has reignited the debate over the appropriate age for engaging in consensual sexual activity. The campaign is being led by lawyer Indira Jaising, who says the age of consent should be reduced from 18 to 16. Consensual sex at the age of 16 or 17 was “neither exploitative nor abusive”, according to Jaising, who has called for the court to “exempt it from criminal prosecution”, said the BBC . The Supreme Court will consider the case on 12 November.

The age at which a person can legally consent to sexual activity varies widely around the world. In most countries, the age of consent is between 16 and 18, but there are outliers. And in some countries, different restrictions apply depending on the gender and sexuality of the people involved.

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