I got married when I was 13. So did my mother. Times have changed a lot. People are considered a child until they're 18, and can't drink alcohol until they're 21. This has forced religious groups to switch from "get married young" to "abstinence only" which is total bullshit. Of course back then arranged marriages were commonplace, and people don't tend to look back on them and go "WHAT THE FUCK! THAT IS FUCKING TERRIBLE!" (well not most people anyway).
The truly terrible thing is more that he probably used his position of power to get these women to marry him. Much like you have in these crazy cults where the leaders consider the young girls their 'wives'. The girls have no ability to consent because they are not in a position to decline, not because of their age.
The truly terrible thing is more that he probably used his position of power to get these women to marry him. Much like you have in these crazy cults where the leaders consider the young girls their 'wives'. The girls have no ability to consent because they are not in a position to decline, not because of their age.
