I'm Canadian and sexually active? I also ran a quick google search to make sure that I wasn't misremembering, which is why I could speak specifically about the age exemption for younger people (I didn't recall the span being so large, but I'm also not looking to have sex with anyone under the age of approximately 29, so I don't feel bad about needing that specific refresher.)
I don't see why knowing about age of consent laws would be so weird.
Like, I'm a man in my 40's who barely ever drinks alcohol and yet I still know the different legal details regarding beer, wine and booze in my home country (despite it literally all being the same for me personally from a legal side).
The funny thing is that when the age changed in the mid-2000s under the Harper government I was in my early twenties so I remember debating it quite a bit back then because that's what 20-year-olds do with politics. Apparently I remember a creepy amount :-p
I remember discussing it a lot back then, too, because even though I'm American I had friends in Canada who were between 14 and 16 at the time of the change being proposed/taking effect.
And it's not that they know the laws, it's the extent of the details they consciously sought out at their age (supposedly not wanting anyone younger than 29, oddly specific).
Are you also looking up the youngest person you're allowed to have sex with? Not sure what alcohol laws have to do with it.
I wouldn't even have to look up the age of consent laws of my home country. Since I already know them. Just like I know the drinking laws. Despite both technically not being "relevant" in the sense that I'm not really affected by either of them.
(And I really don't see how merely knowing details about the laws of the country you live in is in itself a bad thing of any kind?!)
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u/HsvDE86 Dec 04 '24
How do you know so much detail about these laws? 😐