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Now it’s wrong | Toy Soldiers

johnmarkley

September 4, 2013

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http://toysoldier.wordpress.com/2013/09/02/now-its-wrong/

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Title	Now it’s wrong \| Toy Soldiers
Author	johnmarkley
Upvotes	38
Comments	8
Date	September 4, 2013 12:10 AM UTC (12 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/1lohqr/now_its_wrong_toy_soldiers/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/MensRights/now-its-wrong-toy-soldiers.1164765 https://theredarchive.com/post/1164765

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My grandmother had a my Dad at 13, my aunt at 14 and my Uncle at 15, then went on to have 5 more by the time she was 42. My Grandfather was 22 at the time of the first, and they were married (although the birth date minus the gestation cycle didnt come anywhere close to the wedding night nor after). Their parents were friends, fellow church members and their farms were next to each other.

Every situation is not the same, so it is possible that your grandmother was capable of handling an adult relationship. I also assume that grandmother was born towards the early part of the 20th century. It was more common for young teens to marry older people. That social support, including familial support, may have mitigated some of the problems one would see should a similar situation arise today.

That said, people had different expectations on children than we do today. Children were expected to work, they were given many more responsibilities, and essentially required to act as adults earlier than children are today. That does not mean that those kids were more mature. It only means that people at that time did not recognize children's inability to make some of those decisions. They simply are not prepared at that age to understand exactly what is happening, even if they willing choose to do them.

We know understand that, and that is why it is wrong for an adult to have sex with a willing teenager. It is not that the child cannot decide to do something, only that they lack the maturity and literally lack the ability to understand the consequences of their choices.