Biblical gender roles #sexist

Biblical gender roles #sexist biblicalgenderroles.com

A young 12 year old girl would have witnessed births by many women by the time she reached 12 and would be fully aware of periods, child bearing and birth long before these things happened to her. She would already have been learning about child care well before she reached puberty. Her whole life would have been leading up to the time when she could finally marry and have children of her own.
So in many ways, a 12 year old girl in pre modern times would have had the maturity level of what many 18 or even 20 year old girls have today.
Also we must keep in mind that before the modern era, families took care of other and were much closer. So when a 13 or 14 year woman had her first baby, her female relatives, whether they were cousins, or aunts, or even her mother were all there to help her learn the ropes of motherhood. Today the tribal family structure has all but been eliminated.

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“She said she was 12″: the quote.

“So when a 13 or 14 year woman had her first baby”
She’d have died.
Frankly, she couldn’t even have gotten pregnant. There’s just not enough nutrition in historical diets to cause early puberty. 16/17 was the norm.
So you make some good points, at least worth thinking on, but clearly you’re just making shit up. So, back to the drawing board with you.

<@KeithInc.> #247401
16/17 was the norm

That actually depended. 16/17 was normal among the European aristocracy, due to the tradition of breeding up heirs ASAP, while among the peasantry early 20s were more common. I think a large part of the mistake comes from the fact that it wasn’t too uncommon to marry off girls from noble families as young as 13, but it was still considered morally repugnant to have sex with a girl younger than 16. It wasn’t illegal - but if she got pregnant too young and died as a result, then good luck getting another wife. Likewise, a lot of other cultures in various time periods it was common for young marriages and young heir breeding among at least some subset of the population, but generally only where patrilineal inheritance was an issue.

There also are/were primitive tribes which encourage active sex lives among very young people (we’re talking like 12-14), but only in cases where their diet and/or environment suppresses their fertility to the point where having kids at *any* age, despite frequent sex, is something of a crapshoot. Still nowhere near common for pregnancy to happen under the age of 16.

“ So in many ways, a 12 year old girl in pre modern times would have had the maturity level of what many 18 or even 20 year old girls have today.”

I doubt it.

So in many ways, a 12 year old girl in pre modern times would have had the maturity level of what many 18 or even 20 year old girls have today.

In my 48+ years of existence, I’ve found that a person’s emotional/mental maturity doesn’t necessarily correspond to their age. I knew people when I was in high school that I found more mature than I think I am right now, really.

Also, ya know…we’re not in the “pre modern times” any more, we’re in the modern times, so maybe we should act like we are??

This person also advocates for “polygyny” a.k.a. the idea that a man should have multiple wives but a woman can have only one husband. #sexist indeed but also #psycho because pedos are psychos.

Biblical gender roles #sexist biblicalgenderroles.com

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