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Could you point out a single example in the Western world where a twelve year old girl is married to a 30 year old man because she had her first period? 720 mi

Could you point out a single example in the Western world where a twelve year old girl is married to a 30 year old man because she had her first period? 720 million women living today married as children, many of them have had several children themselves with an immature body before they became adults. None of these women live in Western societies! https://www.girlsnotbrides.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/GNB-factsheet-on-child-marriage-numbers-Oct-2014.pdf https://www.girlsnotbrides.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/GN...

klyrs 6y ago
Polygamists in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints have done this in recent years, in Canada and the US. Can't remember dude's name who married his 12 year-old step daughter, but they're out there. Yes, in "western society".
- pcf 6y ago
  Sure, but extremely few of them. And more importantly, it's generally not socially accepted at all, compared to countries like Yemen and Turkey, where this harmful practice is quite normal.
  - kgwgk 6y ago
    Even more importantly, that was a reply to a comment asking for "a single example in the Western world".
    - lowdose 6y ago
      Maybe I should have asked for a single example in the West where sexual and mental child molesting is legal and/or is not actively criminally prosecuted. But at least it is very clear that we could only find a rare example against systematic rape of under aged girls in other societies. 15 million girls a year marry before the age of 18.
      - kgwgk 6y ago
        In most European countries the marriage of minors (with a lower age limit of 16, 15 or undefined) is legal (regulated and unusual, but not necessarily against the law).
        lowdose 6y ago
        The average age of women at their first marriage in Europe is 33 years almost 3x older than the parts we are comparing against. None of them are traded in a transaction for a goat. These girls set them selves on fire because of the conditions they live in. Take a look at the photo on this page. https://www.visapourlimage.com/en/festival/exhibitions/ces-petites-filles-que-l-on-marie https://www.visapourlimage.com/en/festival/exhibitions/ces-p... I cannot reply directly but I'm fairly certain you do not have daughters if you say the experiences are equal in those marriages we are comparing. Let's agree to disagree.
        kgwgk 6y ago
        Maybe you should stop asking for « a single example » of things if that’s not what you’re looking for?

klyrs 6y ago

Polygamists in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints have done this in recent years, in Canada and the US. Can't remember dude's name who married his 12 year-old step daughter, but they're out there. Yes, in "western society".

pcf 6y ago
Sure, but extremely few of them. And more importantly, it's generally not socially accepted at all, compared to countries like Yemen and Turkey, where this harmful practice is quite normal.
- kgwgk 6y ago
  Even more importantly, that was a reply to a comment asking for "a single example in the Western world".
  - lowdose 6y ago
    Maybe I should have asked for a single example in the West where sexual and mental child molesting is legal and/or is not actively criminally prosecuted. But at least it is very clear that we could only find a rare example against systematic rape of under aged girls in other societies. 15 million girls a year marry before the age of 18.
    - kgwgk 6y ago
      In most European countries the marriage of minors (with a lower age limit of 16, 15 or undefined) is legal (regulated and unusual, but not necessarily against the law).
      - lowdose 6y ago
        The average age of women at their first marriage in Europe is 33 years almost 3x older than the parts we are comparing against. None of them are traded in a transaction for a goat. These girls set them selves on fire because of the conditions they live in. Take a look at the photo on this page. https://www.visapourlimage.com/en/festival/exhibitions/ces-petites-filles-que-l-on-marie https://www.visapourlimage.com/en/festival/exhibitions/ces-p... I cannot reply directly but I'm fairly certain you do not have daughters if you say the experiences are equal in those marriages we are comparing. Let's agree to disagree.
        kgwgk 6y ago
        Maybe you should stop asking for « a single example » of things if that’s not what you’re looking for?