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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. john_strinlai · 1790825079 · focus · HN ↗

      >I mean, it's still rape.

      im not in support of under-18s getting married, but, what?

      1. NDlurker · 1790825176 · focus · HN ↗

         Never heard of age of consent laws/statutory rape?

         1. tzs · 1790827415 · focus · HN ↗

            In the majority of US states the age of consent is 16 but the general marriage age is 18 so there quite a few states where you can have a child marriage without it being statutory rape.

            If anyone is curious, the age of consent in the US is 18 in 11 states: Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, North Dakota, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

            It is 17 in 6: Colorado, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, New York, and Texas.

            In the other 33, and also DC, it is 16.

            It's interesting to compare to Europe. There it is:

              18 in 3 (Vatican City, Turkey, Malta)
              17 in 2 (Cypress, Ireland)
              16 in 20
              15 in 12
              14 in 14
            

            Like the US the general marriage age is 18 in most of Europe, but several countries allow exceptions for 16-17 with parental or judicial consent.

            1. em-bee · 1790829199 · focus · HN ↗

               wikipedia lists 18 european countries where the minimum age is 18 without exception. some of which changed that only recently.

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