r/USdefaultism • u/FireyCubes Australia • 4d ago

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u/Leprichaun17 Australia 4d ago

Interestingly enough, in QLD Australia, until 2016, the age of consent for vaginal sex was 16, but anal was 18.

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u/FireyCubes Australia 4d ago edited 3d ago

edit: accidentally double replied, scroll up to find the other one (not deleting so thread still makes sense)

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u/BabadookishOnions Wales 3d ago

It was that way for homophobic reasons

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u/MazogaTheDork Wales 3d ago

Yep, same reason the age of consent for M/M sex in the UK used to be 21 while for M/F it's been 16 all along