• latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      I mean, can you imagine having to pull a straight face when Mr. Jones, the 60-year-old barber-cum-snake oil salesman presents you his fresh 12-year-old bride?!

      Or those Princes who married 6-7-year-olds, ffs! I mean, that’s just fucked up, in so many ways besides the mere ““social contract”” bit…

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        I mean, can you imagine having to pull a straight face when Mr. Jones, the 60-year-old barber-cum-snake oil salesman presents you his fresh 12-year-old bride?!

        Back in the 1950s, singer Jerry Lee Lewis married his 13 year old cousin. The media did not keep a straight face. It was technically legal but still trashed his reputation for decades.