▁big ▁problem . ▁( ...) ▁If ▁you ▁were ▁a ▁legisl ator , ▁you ▁would ▁fix ▁no ▁limit ▁and ▁you ▁would ▁leave ▁it ▁to ▁the ▁jud ges ▁to ▁decide ▁whether ▁or ▁not ▁an ▁inde cent ▁act ▁was ▁committed ▁with ▁or ▁without ▁consent ? ▁Is ▁that ▁your ▁position ? ". ▁Fou ca ult ▁answers ▁that ▁" it ▁is ▁difficult ▁to ▁lay ▁down ▁bar riers ", ▁and ▁that ▁this ▁wouldn ’ t ▁make ▁any ▁sense . ▁He ▁added ▁that ▁he ▁discussed ▁the ▁subject ▁with ▁a ▁judge ▁who ▁told ▁him ▁that ▁there ▁are ▁eigh teen - year - old ▁girls ▁who ▁are ▁pract ically ▁forced ▁to ▁have ▁sex ▁with ▁their ▁f athers ▁or ▁step f athers : ▁" They ▁may ▁be ▁eigh teen , ▁but ▁it ' s ▁an ▁int ol er able ▁system ▁of ▁constraint ", ▁he ▁said . ▁ ▁As ▁for ▁the ▁legal ▁aspect , ▁the ▁lawyer ▁Jean ▁Dan et ▁observed ▁that ▁violence ▁is ▁leg ally ▁pres umed , ▁even ▁" in ▁a ▁case ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁charge ▁used ▁is ▁that ▁of ▁inde cent ▁act ▁without ▁violence ". ▁This ▁happens ▁because ▁the ▁legisl ator ▁believed ▁that ▁" it ▁has ▁to ▁be ▁said ▁that ▁this ▁act ▁without ▁violence ▁[ defined ▁as ▁a ▁crime ] ▁is ▁the ▁repr ess ive , ▁legal ▁translation ▁of ▁consent ing ▁pleasure ". ▁Dan et ▁completed ▁that ▁" It ' s ▁pretty ▁clear ▁how ▁the ▁system ▁of ▁proof ▁is ▁manip ulated ▁in ▁opposite ▁ways ▁in ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁ra pe ▁of ▁women ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁inde cent ▁assault ▁on ▁a