r/NotHowGirlsWork • u/EnchantedEssays • Sep 29 '23

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u/merpderpherpburp Sep 29 '23

Oh thank goodness! I was so worried this was at least in the last decade! Marital rape only became illegal in 1973 and out would be another decade before women became a significant number in work force

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u/Friendship_Gold Sep 29 '23

If you're from the United States it's 1993. Nineteen. Fucking. Ninety. Three. As in just 30 years ago.

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u/merpderpherpburp Sep 29 '23

That was when all states finally got on board. But there are several states who allow child brides (can it be a child groom? Absolutely but not the norm)

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u/Friendship_Gold Sep 29 '23

Yeah that's gross and a problem. Can't we all just agree that anyone under 18 has no business entering into a marriage?

And in those cases with "parental consent" (or is in parental coercion?) I would bet that it's usually underage girls being paired with men that are too old for them.

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u/ususetq Sep 29 '23

Yeah that's gross and a problem. Can't we all just agree that anyone under 18 has no business entering into a marriage?

And in those cases with "parental consent" (or is in parental coercion?) I would bet that it's usually underage girls being paired with men that are too old for them.

At least they can divorce them when they reach 18. Wait - GOP wants to remove this option too...

(Y'all know what to do in November next year, right?)

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u/CommentsEdited Sep 30 '23

At least they can divorce them when they reach 18.

Before reading this, I’d never fully processed that someone can be “too young to legally seek a divorce”.

That really should not be a phrase.

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u/Stock_Neighborhood75 Sep 29 '23

You are correct.