Please sign my petition to tighten up the law on age of consent in the UK. With statutory organisations turning a blind eye to children being sexually abused and arresting children under the age of consent for prostitution, rather than the person who is abusing them. Let’s force agencies to protect all children/young people in the UK from the risk of sexual exploitation due to institutional misogyny and attitudes towards underprivileged/vulnerable children, regardless of background. Let’s reduce the risk of every child/young person becoming a victim of organised crime and child trafficking/exploitation. Let’s stop the risk of your child/young person being peer to peer groomed for older offenders to abuse. Let’s reduce the risk of any child being sexually abused within a domestic setting because caregivers are turning a blind eye, including the care sector. Let’s stop the social attitudes towards ‘she/he was above age of consent’, when the adult is 40 years older than the child still under 18. Let’s stop the over used trope of ‘Romeo & Juliet’ argument (oh, they’re young and in love) being abused to excuse the exploitation of our children and young people. [[Compel all organisations/caregivers to enact the law of age of consent for sex. Enact Age of Consent Law]] This link is new and requires approval after first 20 signatures. If you cannot sign, I’ll update the post once the Parliament petition goes live. TIA for your support.