Zeta Cross
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Zeta Cross
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Here’s an article about Dershowitz’s plea to lower the age of consent to 15, possibly 14.

In the 1990s, he wrote an op/ed for the @latimes.com entitled, “Statutory Rape is an outdated concept.” He stood by his opinion in 2019 in an exchange w/ Richard Painter. 2

www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/0...
Alan Dershowitz defends op-ed suggesting that age of consent for sex should be lowered - The Boston Globe
Dershowitz made the suggestion in a 1997 op-ed in the Los Angeles Times, suggesting that 15 was a reasonable age of consent, no matter how old the other partner was.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM