Main article: Age of consent reform in the United Kingdom Today age of consent for sexual intercourse is usually set between 14 years old and 18 years old, in Western countries. At that time, the age of consent for marriage (sexual intercourse) was about 12 years old for females and about 14 years old for males, in most European countries. Gratian, a canon lawyer in the 12th century, stated that females and males could not consent to betrothal before 7 years of age and consent could not take place for marriage (sexual intercourse) before 12 years of age for females and 14 years of age for males.
There have been many initiatives to raise and lower the age of consent. Initiatives to change the age of consent 1 Initiatives to change the age of consent.Sex offender registries in the United States.Sexual and reproductive health and rights.Any movement that seeks to lower or raise the age of sexual seniority
