Example of Good / Bad Website Regarding Age of Consent

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■Example of Good Source Material

Factual material such as these websites can be used as a source material in most cases, however that does not mean one should take their information at face value.

https://www.ageofconsent.net/

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/age-of-consent-by-country

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent#cite_note-Encyclopedia_of_Children_and_Childhood_in_History_and_Society,_A-Ar,_Age_of_Consent-3

Although it is Wikipedia, it contains many historical information regarding the age of consent which can be a decent entry to this topic and one can research further into it.


■Example of Bad Source Material

Anything on Quora or opinion based website where no source is given. (i.e. Yahoo Answers, Quora, Reddit, Twitter.) They can be used if they actually cite their sources, however at that point one should be using the original cited material rather than the thing that is citing said evidence.

Another example of bad source material is opinion piece on a news website.
https://historyofyesterday.com/why-is-the-age-of-consent-in-japan-only-13-year-old-e4363d0ea679
Mostly an opinion piece by a single individual. No citation and credit and also cites Al Jazeera as a source, which is a state owned media.

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