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In a now deleted tweet, weirdo Azealia Banks shares that "fucking 14 year old girls was really only made a social taboo in the 1990s" (discuss.online)

submitted 2 months ago by bytesonbike@discuss.online to c/political_weirdos@lemmy.world

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[–] misteloct@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Then why was it illegal even back then?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Child marriage was legal in all 50 states until 2018. Since then, 16 states have passed bans, and advocates continue to push lawmakers to end the practice.

10 states have a minimum marrying age of 17; 20 states have a minimum age of 16; two states have a minimum age of 15; and four states don’t have a minimum age specified at all.

So it's not really illegal. You just need to be married first.

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Marriage doesn't change age of consent.

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think in several states you CANNOT prosecute your husband, regardless of the other laws

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

That's only because they considered marriage implied consent. Statutory rape doesn't consider consent since the victims cannot legally give it. So it only would apply to general rape laws.

Also, that hasn't been true for more than 50 years. Every state has marital rape laws.

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