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> Almost everyone in society would castigate me What are you basing this on? Is there wide-spread castigating going on in Sweden that would lead you to think t
by Strom 7y ago
> Almost everyone in society would castigate me
What are you basing this on? Is there wide-spread castigating going on in Sweden that would lead you to think this? I certainly agree that laws don't always match what people think, e.g. laws helping same-sex couples in countries where public polling goes against it. However laws in a well operated democracy generally seem to match either public opinion or a lobbied interest. Which makes me wonder, why do you think the law allows for it in Sweden? Is someone with deep pockets lobbying for it? Is the law so obscure in Sweden that the general population doesn't know it exists? To me as a neighbor Sweden seems to be quite progressive in allowing sexual variety.
- kungtotte 7y agoI'm basing it on personal experience, so it's anecdotal. When the topic is discussed (because it does happen), everyone speaks out against it. It's not an obscure law at all, everyone is well aware of it and we've even got a colloquialism for it so there's no chance this is something the lawmakers tried to slip by us. The law exists because 15 year olds want to have sex with each other, and penalizing that is crazy.