Sex with 12-year-olds is legal in the Philippines

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Passing a law to raise the age of consent in the Philippines will be easier than changing people’s attitudes

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legal in the Philippines—but almost nowhere else—for an adult to engage in consensual sex with a preteen. For as long as the country has had an age of sexual consent, it has been fixed at 12, among the lowest in the world .

Campaigners see a link between the age of consent and the many sexual horrors suffered by Filipino children. More rapes are committed against children than adult women. Roughly one child in five has experienced sexual abuse of some sort. The abuse of children for dissemination online has grown rapidly recently, especially during covid-related lockdowns last year.

After years of shilly-shallying, politicians are at last taking the idea seriously. In December the House of Representatives passed a bill raising the age of consent to 16, by a vote of 207-3. A similar bill is making its way through the Senate. The president, Rodrigo Duterte, who will also have to approve any reform, is not expected to object. He claims to have been abused by a priest as a child himself.

What is more, the internet seems to be exacerbating the problem. In 2014 some five in every 10,000 Filipino internet addresses were used for child sex abuse, according to International Justice Mission, a Christian charity. By 2017 that proportion had jumped to 69.

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It's a bit misleading, since it is legal only for the minority and aboriginal tribes in the country, and NOT casually. It is actually culture-based, there are a lot of tribes in the country, which have their own beliefs, including this.

Absolute disgrace!

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Yeah they seem to listen to rule of law

What pervert allowed sex with a 12yo to be legal in the first place?

Outrageous 🤬 A worldwide standard for the age of consent and minimum education should be established. 16 years old minimum.

So farther victimize without answers to the already found but withholding..mkay..

This is disgusting

But they will murder you for a dime-bag of smoke!

kimwillsher1 Sex with 12-year-olds is illegal in South Africa but it is frequent and no one holds parents to account for not protecting their children. Most African countries don't have socialworkers but those that do, don't do their jobs The_DSD

This is horrendous! The President of Philippines is a horrible person to allow this kind of law. Southeast Asia is the pedophiles paradise. They have no divorce law but they allowed a 12 yo as the legal age of consent? I find it so disgusting & disturbing.

Ruining the girl's future.

They are devout Catholics. I’m sure pedophiles masquerading as Catholic priests are loving this law. Filipinos also gave their mass murdering president a 90% approval rating.

“where divorce is illegal (except for Muslim Filipinos)”

Welcome to msia where it’s okay to marry underage kids 😒😒😒😢😢😢😡😡😡

Disgusting... hopefully establishing a standard and reasonable age of consent to at least 16 (18 preferred) for the Philippines will discourage some of the nasty older men who go there to feed their terrible tastes - and this will discourage trafficked Philippino children.

WTF!!! Is there a way that people from other countries can help to change this?

UNFPA

'Philippines lawmakers are pedophiles' if their only considering this now

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At least 18 years old, should be the law, everywhere!

We really do have misplaced priorities as humans.

That’s horrifying!! Oh nooo poor children!!😱😭😱

Terrible!

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Jesus Christ

Giving women some future please instead of some more baby .

Philippines is a shithole

thanks for this news

Orange🍊45 should not be allowed to RUN AGAIN for any office, get intelligence briefs, & TAXPAYERS should not PAY for a pension, lifetime Secret Service ,travel benefits, etc . ALL the LOSER should get is PRISON TIME for COVID deaths, CAGED babies, RAPE, INSURRECTION...etc.

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