日本學生遞交請願書，要求將同意（性關係）年齡從13歲提高到16歲_風聞

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Students submit petition to raise age of consent from 13 to 16

日本學生遞交請願書，要求將同意年齡從13歲提高到16歲。

A group of university students submitted a petition to the Justice Ministry on Nov. 20 requesting that the age of consent be raised from the current 13 to 16.

11月20日，一羣大學生向司法部遞交了一份請願書，要求將同意年齡從目前的13歲提高到16歲。

The group called Your Voice Matters started a petition drive over the internet and collected about 40,000 signatures. The petition and request was addressed to Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa.

這個名為“你的聲音很重要”的組織在互聯網上發起了一場請願活動，並收集了大約4萬個簽名。請願書和請求被遞交給了司法大臣上川陽子。

A 21-year-old senior at Kwansei Gakuin University in Hyogo Prefecture who is a member of the group said she had not realized the age of consent was set so low until she began studying the issue in university.

兵庫縣關西學院大學一名21歲的大四學生是該組織的成員，她説，直到她在大學開始研究這個問題時，她才意識到同意年齡被定得這麼低。

“I was very surprised,” she recalled. “There were many people who signed the petition who also said they first realized what the consent age was through this effort.

“我非常驚訝，”她回憶説。“有很多人在請願書上簽名，他們還説，通過這項努力，他們第一次意識到同意年齡的重要性。

“It is important to raise the age of consent in order to protect minors who are still immature physically and psychologically from sex crimes in light of the fact sexual intercourse is not taught during compulsory education.”

“由於義務教育中不教導性行為，提高同意年齡對於保護生理和心理還不成熟的未成年人不受性犯罪的侵害是很重要的。”

Anyone having sex with a minor under 13 can be arrested for statutory rape under the Criminal Law, but charging someone with sex crimes for having intercourse with a person over the age of 13 requires proof of violent action or threats.

根據刑法，任何與13歲以下未成年人發生性關係的人都可以因法定強姦罪被逮捕，但對於與13歲以上未成年人發生性關係的人提起性犯罪指控，需要有暴力行為或威脅行為的證據。

Moreover, the victim must explain the extent to which they resisted in order to bring a charge of sexual assault.

此外，受害者必須解釋他們抵抗的程度，以提出性侵犯的指控。

The request submitted by the students’ group explained that 13 was a low age from an international perspective and asked that it be raised to 16 when many children will have graduated from junior high school.

這個學生小組提交的申請解釋説，從國際角度看，13歲是一個較低的年齡，並要求將其提高到16歲，這個年齡很多孩子將從初中畢業。

The petition stated that current curriculum guidelines for junior high school do not call for teaching about sexual intercourse, meaning students may not be fully informed about what constitutes sexual assault.

請願書指出，目前初中的課程指導方針並沒有要求講授有關性行為的內容，這意味着學生可能無法完全瞭解什麼是性侵犯。