Submitted on Friday 2nd June 2023
Rejected on Thursday 15th June 2023
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Give more protection in law, to young adults, from Grooming and Abuse of Power
Young adults who are over the age of consent are particularly vulnerable to grooming and abuse of power. The law deems these relationships to be consensual unless a very high threshold of evidence has been met. Young adults are not yet equipped to protect themselves from grooming and power abuse.
There is a world of difference between young adults conseting to a sexual relationship with a peer, and understanding how older and more powerful adults can manipulate them into doing things they otherwise would never entertain. Our young adults needs the law to protect them further from anyone who demonstrates the classic signs of grooming and power imbalance and more needs to be done to prevent organisations (such as universities) covering up this abuse.
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