France is planning to introduce an age of sexual consent for the first time, making sex with under-15s illegal, and will make it easier to punish historic sexual abuse. 'It's very good that there is this revived debate, that there is an idea of a minimum age (of consent). But it has gained new momentum since accusations emerged last month of incestuous sexual abuse involving a prominent French political expert, Olivier Duhamel. The movement spawned an offshoot #MeTooGay wave in France of long-suppressed testimonies of sexual abuse by older men. A sign on a wall reads 'Duhamel, and the others, you will never be in peace' referring to Olivier Duhamel and others accused of sexual abuse.

Source: Daily Mail February 10, 2021 17:04 UTC