Re: 30 yr old man marries a 13 yr old girl- then and now
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marriages were often arranged, and in a lot of families when a girl was able to get pregnant/menstruate, she was considered able to marry.
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This is the key point. The purpose of age of consent laws is to protect minors who aren't old enough to make decisions. If the parents are the ones making the decisions anyway, why wait?
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