Age of consent if Netherlands is 12? WTF

[Joelcool7]

Galaki said:

sapphi_snake said:

I disagree. In the past people would get married at that age (or even before that). The whole "you need to be 18 to have sex" thing is a modern concept.

I think it's an attempt to curb over population.

Isn't Canada used to allow 14 years old to get married way back to try to increase population?

(Or I could have mix up that with another country)

I don't think Canada used to have an age of concent. Up until the 1900's, prior to that I think it was deemed a family issue. I don't think Canada has ever worried about increasing population, we always just brought in more europeans and american's to raise population. Just like we do with immigrants today!