The following are definitions according to United States Law
Such words or terms as "age of consent", "consent", "minor", "age of majority", and "adult" differ yet have similarities depending in what country, even what county one is living. Convoluted meaning and understanding leads to violations of children's rights and high number of child marriages around the world.
"Personhood" is a term that differs around the world in regards to children. *An interesting FYI, in 2014, an orangutan was granted personhood. So have other animals/primates.
We can and must do better by our children.
"Personhood" is a term that differs around the world in regards to children. *An interesting FYI, in 2014, an orangutan was granted personhood. So have other animals/primates.
We can and must do better by our children.
*Personhood - A state of being a person
A person is a being that has certain capabilities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness, self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property or legal responsibilities. legal-definition.com *In 2014, in Argentina, an orangutan was granted personhood. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2014/12/22/orangutan-granted-rights-of-personhood-in-argentina/?utm_term=.d32cff7988d5 Chimp acts human until she is released back to the wild. https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/571318/lucy-chimp/?utm_source=fbb |
Baby/Infant
Baby, infant, child, innocent, juvenille, little one, minor, nursling, one who has not yet come of age, one who has not reached majority, person under the age of majority, person under age of (18) eighteen years of age, person who is not of full of age, toddler, tot, young person, youngster, youth. legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com |
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Age of Consent
Consent- A concurrence of wills. Varying throughout the world. There is not standard age of consent. Age of consent, especially age of sexual consent is many years in some cases more than five years lower than the age of majority (the age where adulthood starts, that being the age where one is legally responsible for his or her own actions). Not only does the age of consent vary throughout the world, the age of consent also varies throughout the United States, on the Federal, State, and county levels. |