Schuijer J
Committee on Legislation of the Netherlands Society for Gay Integration COC, Enschede.
J Homosex. 1990;20(1-2):199-229. doi: 10.1300/J082v20n01_13.
With respect to pedophilia and the age of consent, the Netherlands warrants special attention. Although pedophilia is not as widely accepted in the Netherlands as sometimes is supposed, developments in the judicial practice showed a growing reservedness. These developments are a spin-off of related developments in Dutch society. The tolerance in the Dutch society has roots that go far back in history and is also a consequence of the way this society is structured. The social changes of the sixties and seventies resulted in a "tolerance at arm's length" for pedophiles, which proved to be deceptive when the Dutch government proposed to lower the age of consent in 1985. It resulted in a vehement public outcry. The prevailing sex laws have been the prime target of protagonists of pedophile emancipation. Around 1960, organized as a group, they started to undertake several activities. In the course of their existence, they came to redefine the issue of pedophilia as one of youth emancipation.
关于恋童癖和同意年龄问题，荷兰值得特别关注。尽管恋童癖在荷兰并不像有时人们认为的那样被广泛接受，但司法实践中的发展表明对此的态度越来越保守。这些发展是荷兰社会相关发展的产物。荷兰社会的宽容有着深远的历史根源，也是这个社会结构的结果。六七十年代的社会变革导致对恋童癖者“保持一定距离的宽容”，而当荷兰政府在1985年提议降低同意年龄时，这种宽容被证明具有欺骗性。这引发了公众的强烈抗议。现行的性法律一直是恋童癖者解放运动支持者的主要目标。大约在1960年，他们组织成一个团体，开始开展多项活动。在其存在过程中，他们开始将恋童癖问题重新定义为青年解放问题之一。
