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1. xvxvx · 1790824930 · focus · HN ↗

   Campaigners always use examples of old men marrying young girls but that’s not common at all.

   96% of children getting married were 16 or 17, and 85% of the adults marrying those children were 18-23. Not quite the horror show that campaigners push.

   I agree that no one under 18 should be getting married, I just question their tactics.

   1. Aeolun · 1790826647 · focus · HN ↗

      Yeah, I also question the distinction between a 17 year old marrying a 50 year old and an 18 year old marrying a 50 year old. Does your judgement suddenly magically get better after you turn 18?

      1. anal_reactor · 1790844856 · focus · HN ↗

         > Does your judgement suddenly magically get better after you turn 18?

         What I see is that we shelter kids from reality because they're just kids, then these kids grow up to be irresponsible adults, then in turn we create more rules about sheltering "young adults" from consequences. It's a feedback loop.

         1. Henchman21 · 1790865991 · focus · HN ↗

            I’ve thought, since I myself was a child, that the reason adults “shelter” kids from reality is that the adults would have to explain their actions to their children. Modern life is predicated on allowing injustice to persist that is incomprehensible to children. If we don’t keep this from kids, then we have to justify our own actions. Can’t have that! Not in this society. Maybe if society was good and just in any way we wouldn’t need to lie to our kids about it.

            The thing you should be feeling now after reading that is shame.

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