Today I was reading about age of consent in the past out of curiosity after a remark from an American friend of a friend about Prophet Mohamed's relationship with his wife Aisha and how simply awful & barbaric it was that she was only 9, accusations of pedophilia etc.
After googling and reading about historical ages of consent around the world, I am with this person. What an idiot. They don't even know their own history.
In 1880 in the US just 133 years ago the age of consent in Delaware was 7 . In most other states it was 10 and in a few 12.
I don't understand what he is pontificating about when his home state Georgia allowed grown adult men to freely sleep with 10 year old girls in 1880. And he is condemning something that happened 1400+ years ago.
Source: chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/primary-sources/24
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To think some people are SUCH hypocrites about historical age of consent
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RestlessSoul · 09/09/2013 18:49
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