Milo Yiannopoulos book deal cancelled following outrage over child abuse comments

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Slimebeast said:

Peh said:

There are very strict rules. Saying that the age of consent is 14 doesn't mean that every adult can jump on someone who is just 14 years old.

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The age of consent in Germany is 14, as long as a person over the age of 21 does not exploit a 14- to 15-year-old person's lack of capacity for sexual self-determination, in which case a conviction of an individual over the age of 21 requires a complaint from the younger individual; being over 21 and engaging in sexual relations with a minor of that age does not constitute an offense by itself. Otherwise the age of consent is 16, although provisions protecting minors against abuse apply until the age of 18 (under Section 182(1), it is illegal to engage in sexual activity with a person under 18 "by taking advantage of an exploitative situation"^[36]).

As specified by Sections 176 (Sexual abuse of children) and 182 (Sexual abuse of youths) of the Penal Code, which read:

§ 176: "(1) Whoever commits sexual acts on a person under fourteen (14) years of age (a child) or allows them to be committed on themself by the child, shall be punished by imprisonment from six months to ten years [...]"

§ 180: "(1) Whoever abets the commission of sexual acts of a person under sixteen years of age on or in front of a third person or sexual acts of a third person on a person under sixteen years of age:

1. by acting as an intermediary; or
2. by furnishing or creating an opportunity,

shall be punished with imprisonment for not more than three years or a fine. [...]"

§ 182: "(2) A person over twenty-one years of age who abuses a person under sixteen years of age, in that he: 1. commits sexual acts on the person or allows them to be committed on himself by the person; or 2. induces the person to commit sexual acts on a third person or to allow them to be committed on the person by a third person, and thereby exploits the victim's lack of capacity for sexual self-determination, shall be punished with imprisonment for not more than three years or a fine. [...] The act shall only be prosecuted upon complaint, unless the prosecuting authority considers ex officio that it is required to enter the case because of the special public interest therein. [...] The court may dispense with punishment pursuant to these provisions if, in consideration of the conduct of the person against whom the act was directed, the wrongfulness of the act is slight."^[37]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_Europe#Germany

Of course.

But did Milo encourage persons over the age of 21 to "exploit a 14- to 15-year old person's lack of capacity for sexual self-determination"?

He said he lost his virginity (at 13 I thought he said, but I could be misremembering) in a five-way homosexual encounter, and spoke of it in positive terms.  That certainly violates the "third party" angle of the German sex law, leaving aside the fact that it took place AFAIK in Britain where the age of consent is higher. 

Another thing that happened to Milo that he spoke of as a good thing to happen to other people is giving blowjobs to his priest (he was 14 and the priest was 28).  This is certainly a situation with an extremely strong likelihood of exploitation based on the social power a priest has over a boy (in addition to the physical power the average adult has over the average 14 year old, and Milo doesn't look like he was an incredibly large and strong 14 year old). 

(Side note:  I don't know how it is in Europe, but we've had a significant and long-term scandal here in the USA about priests sexually abusing boys, so this in particular may have hit a nerve in terms of public reaction even beyond the rest of it.) 

Yes, he did speak of relationships at these ages in the context of the younger person being "sexually mature", but on the other hand he spoke of kids that age "taking advantage" of teachers twice their age.  I don't think it's reasonable to assert that the child has the advantage in such a relationship and I think his caveats are generally suspect.