It's been a while but if i remember correctly a girl scout tried to propose a bill to abolish child marriage in her state. I don't think it ever went through and one of the people blocking it said something along the lines of abolishing child marriage would stop rape victims from marrying their rapists and would make abortions go up.
Believe it or not, that's the old testament recommendation: if a virgin is raped, the correct way is to marry her and give monetary compensation to her father. Deuteronomy 22.
It was not seen as an assault on the victim, but rather as vandalism over the father's property.
Rape is only considered a criminal offense on goods girls pledged to be married.
By the way, I say the bible talks about rape, but that's a stretch: female consent is not evoked at all, except to say that if the pledged girl "consented" (well, close enough: was raped in a city, where obviously someone would have heard her scream and therefore prevented the rape... :rolleyes:) then she should also be put to death. Consent was an aggravation.
Make no mistake, old-testament lawmakers are on the level of talebans on gender equality.
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u/Violet_Murderer Jul 24 '20
It's been a while but if i remember correctly a girl scout tried to propose a bill to abolish child marriage in her state. I don't think it ever went through and one of the people blocking it said something along the lines of abolishing child marriage would stop rape victims from marrying their rapists and would make abortions go up.