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> where both agreed to and loved each other I don't know how this is controversial, but I don't think 13 year olds are emotionally and intellectually mature en
by saghm 4y ago
> where both agreed to and loved each other
I don't know how this is controversial, but I don't think 13 year olds are emotionally and intellectually mature enough to know if they love someone enough to marry them, especially considered that their statements can very easily be pressured by family members who quite literally would still have legal authority over them at the time because they're minors.
- coldtea 4y agoToday not. Heck, today even 20 years olds are not emotionally and intellectually mature enough for most things (including marriage and love). Back in the day perhaps was different, as people aged faster. Now, for example, the common person marries somewhere around 30 (and many even later). Back then you could very commonly be married with the first kid on the way (or ready) at 18-20, and that's for both men and women.
- kennywinker 4y agoThe biological rate of maturation of the human brain hasn't changed appreciably in the past 200 years. People were given a full range of adult responsibilities at a young age in the past, but that doesn't change the reality that a 22 year old and a 13 year old have a VERY serious power imbalance based on their brain's maturation thus far.