THE SO-CALLED AGE OF CONSENT: A LEGISLATIVE GROUND TO CULTIVATE

Abstract

At a time when punitive populism is more than abundant and where criminal legislation is used and presented to society as the ideal way to solve the problem of crime, it is important to reflect on issues that have been left aside. in view of the rush to enact penal reforms. One of these aspects is precisely the one related to the age of consent, which implies recognizing the right of minors to sexual self-determination.