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In many parts of the world, 18 is the age minimum for purchasing
tobacco
and alcoholic
beverages. It is also the voting age in many countries.
During the Vietnam
War, Americans could be drafted at an age as low as 18, but
were not allowed to vote in most states until they were 21. A
movement spread to lower the voting age, and in 1971,
the Twenty-sixth Amendment extended a guarantee of suffrage to
anyone 18 years or older in all states. The voting age was
lowered from 21 to 18 in the U.K.
and many other nations around that time.
Eighteen is also the age in many countries at which a person
may appear in a pornographic video, or express legal consent
to sexual relations with another.[citation
needed]
In addition, eighteen-year-olds in the United States have the
right to bear arms, own property, marry without parental
consent(in almost all states), get an abortion, donate their
bodies to science, and serve on a jury.
In the United
Kingdom, eighteen-year-olds can purchase tobacco,
alcohol
and pornography,
go to war,
vote,
and model for pornography;
(but the age of consent is 16).
In many countries 18 is the age
of majority.
In many states the age at which one can obtain a learner's
permit without parental consent.
Minimum age at which one can be admitted to rent or buy an
MPAA-rated NC-17
movie. This is also the age at which one can see an NC-17
rated movie.[citation
needed]
Minimum age at which one can play, rent, or buy an ESRB-rated
AO game.
Minimum age at which one can buy tickets to an 18A rated film
in Canada without being accompanied by an adult. Ratings in
Canada are provincial, so they may vary. A film can be 18A in
some provinces and 14A in other provinces. A film can also be
18A in some provinces and R in other provinces. 18 is also the
minimum age at which one can view, rent, or buy an R or an A
rated movie. |
