Quote - File this one under Shocking Strange Facts of History: at the founding of the US in 1776, the AOC was 10 (that's right - ten).  IIRC, AOC wasn't raised to 13 until the 1830's, although I'd have to go look it up.  AOC was later raised to 16 (in the late 1800's), largely through the tireless efforts of moral crusaders of that era.......people who likely wouldn't be very popular nowadays.  But those people saw an AOC set at 13 as being evil -- and an excuse for older men to take advantage of young girls.

Of course, when one considers that many people didn't live much past age 35 in former eras, then the custom of getting married at age 12 might make more sense.

 

Incidentally, This is true.  Here is the odd thing.  The reason the statutes were changed was because we live longer.  However, just because we live longer does not mean by some magic, young people are not capable of making the same decisions or relationship obligations than they could have 500 years ago.  The same goes for the drinking age, and the driving ages being raised all over the place.

The people touting all these changes note that it is "the rise of incidence" of accidents, sexual abuse, and irresponsibility".  None of that is actually true.  There isn't MORE of it, there are just MORE young people.  The rise is due to mortality rates rising in kids, not that they are any worse than their predecessors.  More people, more problems, it has nothing to do with age.

Now that I've gotten completely off topic LOL..... back to it.

For reference as i stated just earlier, about someone possibly being perverted thinking about what "might be done" with something, when nothing has been done with it.  I hold to that fact, considering, history shows, most laws and entire handbooks of religeon on what NOT to do, and whats wrong, are written by monks, clerics, and the like, who'd never even HAD sex.

I guess when you aren't doing it, you have a whole lot of time to think about the possibilities.