Letter: How fear and ignorance cloud the debate about the age of consent

Tuesday 25 January 1994 00:02 GMT

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Sir: The intelligence and restraint of his argument are a bonus, but the mere fact of Euan Sutherland ('Face to face in the homosexual debate', 20 January) surely proves the case for lowering the age of consent for gay men.

Yours etc,

PETER McCOLL

(Senior Registrar in Psychiatry)

Walkley, Sheffield

20 January

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