▁be ▁sus pected ▁of ▁having ▁some ▁sympathy ▁for ▁that ▁cause . ▁Even ▁jud ges ▁think ▁to ▁themselves : ▁if ▁he ▁def ends ▁them , ▁it ' s ▁because ▁he ▁isn ' t ▁really ▁as ▁much ▁against ▁it ▁himself ". ▁ ▁He ▁argued ▁that ▁“ just ▁because ▁one ▁is ▁involved ▁in ▁a ▁struggle ▁against ▁some ▁authority , ▁( ...) ▁this ▁does ▁not ▁mean ▁one ▁is ▁on ▁the ▁side ▁of ▁those ▁who ▁are ▁subject ed ▁to ▁it ”. ▁Two ▁examples ▁are ▁given , ▁d ating ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁and ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁centuries : ▁in ▁France , ▁an ▁open ▁letter ▁signed ▁by ▁psych olog ists , ▁sex olog ists ▁and ▁psych iat rist s , ▁asking ▁for ▁the ▁dec riminal ization ▁of ▁imm oral ▁acts ▁with ▁min ors ▁between ▁the ▁ages ▁of ▁ 1 5 ▁and ▁ 1 8 , ▁and ▁in ▁Germany ▁where ▁a ▁whole ▁movement ▁( made ▁up ▁of ▁hom osex uals ▁and ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁medical ▁community ) ▁protest ed ▁against ▁a ▁law ▁that ▁criminal ized ▁hom osex ual ▁acts . ▁ ▁Child hood ▁and ▁the ▁notion ▁of ▁consent ▁While ▁today ▁the ▁very ▁possibility ▁of ▁consent ▁before ▁pub ert y ▁is ▁po lem ic   – ▁often ▁raising ▁emot ional ▁responses ▁and ▁leaving ▁intellect uals ▁in ▁a ▁def ensive ▁position , ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 – 1 9 7 8 ▁Fou ca ult , ▁H oc qu eng hem ▁and ▁Dan et ▁admitted ▁open ly ▁and ▁with ▁natural ness ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁a ▁non