Yes it's 14. There is plenty of disinformation on the web about this. In 1929 the age of consent in Italy was 12, and so the same was true then in Vatican City. However, since that time the Italian law has been changed, and so the laws of Vatican City changed automatically with them. So Romeo and Juliet could do it legally with no exceptions required. Juliet is 13, but the age of Romeo is never revealed. He could be anywhere between 14 and early 20s. Since Mercutio, Tybalt and Paris are probably about the same age as Romeo, my guess would be he was more likely around 16 or more... In the original novel, Romeo and Guilietta, Guilietta is 18. Shakespeare made her younger at a later time, probably to make his play more accurate for the time and place.PyTom wrote:Vatican City uses the laws of Italy in this matter. Wikipedia says the age of consent there is 14, with a Romeo-Juliet exception that says that it's allowed for a 14 year old to sleep with a 13 year old.leon wrote:In Vatican State (!) you can have sex at the age of 12.
Yes, it's 18 in the US, regadless of state laws. But as papillon stated, there are many such absurdities in other countries.PyTom wrote:The US considers the production of child pornography to be a different offense than that of statutory rape. IIRC, in the US, all participants must be over 18, and the studio needs to keep documentation of that.So that means you can act in a pornography movie (with your parents permission) at 16, but you can't buy the same movie yourself?
My point was that there are often double standards with game rankings when it comes to violence and sex.PyTom wrote:There's something of a difference between playing a video game that lets you kill prostitutes for fun, and actually killing prostitutes for fun.I recall a lawsuit against the company that produced Grand Theft Auta 3 San Andreas. A mother bought Grand Theft Auta 3 San Andreas (rated 16+) for her 14-year old son. After "hot coffee" scandal, the rating for GTA was changed to 18+, so she sued the company. What I learned from this example? Having sex with your girlfriend is wrong (unless you are 18+), but killing prostitutes for fun is OK (as long you are at least 16)
This gets rated 15+ or 17+ (depending on country) - http://blog.hexagonstar.com/wp-content/ ... odbath.jpg
This gets rated 18+ (SFW) - http://img1.mmo.mmo4arab.com/news/2010/ ... e_gta2.jpg