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[–] greycloud ago 

in a lot of cultures where children get married they live with their parents until they pass the age of puberty. marriages with child brides rarely involves sex before puberty, and it is shunned when it does involves sex (almost always an older male and he is shunned and considered a bad husband for it). child marriage correlates with the women not being so impoverished that a duel income is needed to maintain a good lifestyle. it also correlates with more children and for that reason is demonized by moneyed interests who are combating overpopulation (bill gates being a prominent member of this group off the top of my head). in reality the girls who marry young are less likely to be abused as they attain a wealthier station in life and their peers who wait longer marry into poverty end up needing to work in a society that limits what jobs they can do and are more likely to be in an abusive relationship. don't expect feminists or bill gates to tell you that side of the story though.