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This petition is now closed, as its deadline has passed.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Lower the legal age for the purchase of "Sex Toys" to 16. More details
Submitted by Danny Beattie – Deadline to sign up by: 03 February 2009 – Signatures: 29
More details from petition creator
Currently the legal age for purchase of sex toys is 18. The legal age for consent to sex is 16.
When children reach the age of puberty, they start wondering what sex is like. Many will want to try sex as soon as they possibly can, whether practising safely or not. Lowering the age of sex toys would, I believe, help to reduce childrens curiosity as to what sex is like. Instead of going out and having sex with someone and possibly getting and STI or becoming pregnant, they could use a sex toy.
Currently this is not possible and I believe that the age limit of 18 only serves to further childrens desires to have sex.
Current signatories
Danny Beattie, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- Richard Stretton
- Claudia Edmondson
- Ben Parish
- I support ANYTHING that prevents conceiving!we are 7 BILLION!more sex toys,please!
- David Tong
- Simon Barlow
- Ryan Friend
- Ashley Thomas
- Ruth Boxall
- george thompson
- Ben Dover
- Paul Brownsea
- Anonymous
- David Evans
- Lauren Farrell
- Andrew Main
- sophie jeffs
- gemma murphy RGN
- Richard Carling
- Holly Riley
- Helen Griffiths
- Alice Dexter
- Thomas Royston; surefully, for practice, the consenting age should be less than 16
- J Celensu
- Andrew Basak
- Barry 'free dildoes for kids' Howes
- Dinah Butcher
- Ma
