▁in ▁France , ▁is ▁a ▁set ▁of ▁laws ▁on ▁dec ency ", ▁which ▁appears ▁impossible ▁to ▁define , ▁becoming ▁thus ▁a ▁flexible ▁tool ▁polit ically ▁used ▁in ▁several ▁local ▁tact ics . ▁ ▁Fou ca ult ▁str essed ▁that : ▁" What ▁is ▁emer ging ▁is ▁a ▁new ▁pen al ▁system , ▁a ▁new ▁legisl ative ▁system ▁whose ▁function ▁is ▁not ▁so ▁much ▁to ▁pun ish ▁off enses ▁against ▁these ▁general ▁laws ▁concerning ▁dec ency , ▁as ▁to ▁protect ▁populations ▁and ▁parts ▁of ▁populations ▁regarded ▁as ▁particularly ▁vulner able " ▁ ▁( for ▁example ▁children ). ▁ ▁" There fore , ▁there ▁would ▁be ▁on ▁one ▁side ▁the ▁frag ile ▁population , ▁and ▁on ▁the ▁other ▁side ▁the ▁" d anger ous ▁population " ▁" ▁( the ▁adult ▁in ▁general ). ▁ ▁Dan et ▁aff ir ms ▁that ▁" what ▁takes ▁place ▁with ▁the ▁inter vention ▁of ▁psych iat rist s ▁in ▁court ▁is ▁a ▁manip ulation ▁of ▁the ▁children ' s ▁consent , ▁a ▁manip ulation ▁of ▁their ▁words ". ▁ ▁Using ▁among ▁other ▁things ▁the ▁example ▁of ▁the ▁movement ▁of ▁protest , ▁in ▁Germany , ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁against ▁article ▁ 1 7 5 ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁Pen al ▁Code ▁which ▁criminal ized ▁any ▁hom osex ual ▁act , ▁Dan et ▁cons iders ▁that ▁the ▁psych iat rist s ▁" expected ▁only ▁one ▁thing ▁from ▁the ▁abol ition ▁of ▁this ▁law , ▁namely , ▁to ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁take ▁over ▁the ▁' per