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Re: d you allow your son to go to camp where there were openly gay members? [W:19]
It's grossly exaggerated that people married children.
The age of marriage :: Life and Times :: Internet Shakespeare Editions
Sorry Chris, but what does average age of the population have to do with notions about the age of consent?
Ah, maybe if you had linked to the page you are quoting from, it would have answered my question
Median Age of First Marriage
However, the one - median age of first marriage - does not equate in any shape, fashion or form with the prevalence of paedophilia in the late 19th Century. The changes in "age of consent laws" came about because efforts to reduce the surprising numbers of those we call children today who were active in prostitution during much of the Victorian Era.
Also "median" means half of all marriages were with people of less than the ages posted, with no bottom number provided.
It's grossly exaggerated that people married children.
The age of marriage :: Life and Times :: Internet Shakespeare Editions