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1. NDlurker · 1790824641 · focus · HN ↗

   I don't get how child marriage can be legal. Like, yeah, they get permission from their parents. But does the fact that they're married negate other laws??? I mean, it's still rape. It's still like child abuse. Does marriage = emancipation?

   1. robocat · 1790825807 · focus · HN ↗

      Calling two midteens having sex "rape" or even worse "pedophilia" is plain abusive.

      I'm not talking about older men here.

      I'm saying that we need to be careful to avoid creating harm where there was none.

      1. kazinator · 1790826056 · focus · HN ↗

         Pictures of yourself constituting child porn, making you a felon, is likewise abusive.

         1. robocat · 1790827157 · focus · HN ↗

            I've seen a pattern of judgemental women and men saying they are thinking of the children, while not understanding or not giving a shit, just how much hurt they cause those same children.

            Our "justice" and "health" systems in New Zealand can cause lifelong harm to kids by black-and-white following the rules (at best, because wisdom is difficult or caring is risky).

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