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Fri 12 Dec 2009State argues that underage sex law designed to protect young
THE LAW which says that a teenage boy can be charged with underage sex while a girl of a similar age cannot is designed to protect young people, both male and female, and is not paternalistic, the State has argued before the High Court.
The 2006 law is not a unique piece of gender-specific legislation and was just another piece of legislation where gender distinction is made because it has never been considered that females can perform the same sexual acts as males, Donal O’Donnell SC, for the State, has said.
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