- ab us ive ▁ped oph ilia . ▁The ▁ 1 9 7 7 ▁pet ition ▁refers ▁to ▁all ▁ages ▁below ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁consent ▁in ▁France ▁( fif teen ), ▁including ▁the ▁ages ▁before ▁pub ert y . ▁ ▁The ▁bi ological ▁definition ▁of ▁ped oph ilia ▁is ▁recognized ▁by ▁the ▁United ▁Nations ▁and ▁accepted ▁in ▁the ▁Franc oph one ▁world . ▁ ▁Both ▁Fou ca ult ▁and ▁H oc qu eng hem ▁agreed ▁that ▁consent ▁is ▁a ▁contract ual ▁notion . ▁“ This ▁notion ▁of ▁consent ▁is ▁a ▁trap , ▁in ▁any ▁case ,” ▁said ▁H oc qu eng hem . ▁“ What ▁is ▁sure ▁is ▁that ▁the ▁legal ▁form ▁of ▁an ▁inter sex ual ▁consent ▁is ▁n ons ense . ▁No ▁one ▁signs ▁a ▁contract ▁before ▁making ▁love .” ▁ ▁" When ▁we ▁say ▁that ▁children ▁are ▁' cons ent ing ' ▁in ▁these ▁cases , ▁all ▁we ▁intend ▁to ▁say ▁is ▁this : ▁in ▁any ▁case , ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁violence , ▁or ▁organized ▁manip ulation ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁w rench ▁out ▁of ▁them ▁affect ive ▁or ▁er otic ▁relations ", ▁he ▁completed . ▁ ▁The ▁journalist ▁Pierre ▁H ahn ▁asks ▁twice ▁about ▁how ▁to ▁determine ▁an ▁age ▁for ▁consent : ▁ ▁" Public ▁opinion , ▁including ▁en light ened ▁opinion ▁such ▁as ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁do ctors ▁of ▁the ▁Institute ▁of ▁Sex ology ▁( ▁L ' Institut ▁de ▁Sex ologie ), ▁asked ▁at ▁what ▁age ▁there ▁can ▁be ▁said ▁to ▁be ▁definite ▁consent . ▁It ' s ▁a