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Very seriously: no, that’s not an aberration. Sexual abuse is at a massive scale and the abuse is highly normalized. America still has child brides legalized s

Very seriously: no, that’s not an aberration. Sexual abuse is at a massive scale and the abuse is highly normalized. America still has child brides legalized such that there are services to look up states to travel to in order to perform a child marriage by age, documentation requirements, fees, etc.

beebeepka 5y ago
What exactly are you talking about? This sounds an awful lot like what some Roma people practice here in the bad parts of Europe
- SamoyedFurFluff 5y ago
  I mean quite seriously that putting children in romantic, intimate relationships is legal in America. Only 6 states have banned marrying children. I’m emphasizing this because I want to point out the degree in which sexual violence is normalized, to the point where 5 percent of women in a study who believed they weren’t sexually abused might realize they have been and be dropped out of the study is totally within the bounds of reality.
  - beebeepka 5y ago
    Excuse me for asking but you keep saying children without mentioning particular age. In the case of Roma bride markets, I've been quoted age 12 and beyond. Quite young at the lower end, no doubt, but at the risk of drawing people's wrath, 16 and above, while bad, isn't that horrible... until we get back to our senses and realize the whole thing sucks because they are forced or at least strongly encouraged to do it.
    - SamoyedFurFluff 5y ago
      There are states where there is no minimum limit for child marriage.
      - beebeepka 5y ago
        Doesn't that collide with age of consent? I am having a hard time believing this
        dragonwriter 5y ago
        > Doesn't that collide with age of consent? Typically (though you can probably find exceptions to either or both), modern low or no limits for child marriage systems feature: 1. Parental consent laws for marriage below a certain age, and 2. Marital exceptions to age of consent laws for sex.

beebeepka 5y ago

What exactly are you talking about? This sounds an awful lot like what some Roma people practice here in the bad parts of Europe

SamoyedFurFluff 5y ago
I mean quite seriously that putting children in romantic, intimate relationships is legal in America. Only 6 states have banned marrying children. I’m emphasizing this because I want to point out the degree in which sexual violence is normalized, to the point where 5 percent of women in a study who believed they weren’t sexually abused might realize they have been and be dropped out of the study is totally within the bounds of reality.
- beebeepka 5y ago
  Excuse me for asking but you keep saying children without mentioning particular age. In the case of Roma bride markets, I've been quoted age 12 and beyond. Quite young at the lower end, no doubt, but at the risk of drawing people's wrath, 16 and above, while bad, isn't that horrible... until we get back to our senses and realize the whole thing sucks because they are forced or at least strongly encouraged to do it.
  - SamoyedFurFluff 5y ago
    There are states where there is no minimum limit for child marriage.
    - beebeepka 5y ago
      Doesn't that collide with age of consent? I am having a hard time believing this
      - dragonwriter 5y ago
        > Doesn't that collide with age of consent? Typically (though you can probably find exceptions to either or both), modern low or no limits for child marriage systems feature: 1. Parental consent laws for marriage below a certain age, and 2. Marital exceptions to age of consent laws for sex.