even if it was over turned, he'll still be serving life for rape of a 13 year old, even though she's now one of his wives.
I wish more courts where that strict when it comes to child molesters.

Al

SUICIDEGIRL

Christmas Island

DEC 06, 2003 05:36 PM

Allister said:

TeeJay said:
In Romeo & Juliette, wasn't Juliette only 13 years old?

yeah, but did romeo actually hit it?

Hello? Don't you remember that part where they wake up together in the morning and hear the lark?

Helter said:
Well, as far back as 1820 the estimated life expectancy in the US was around 40. So it wasn't quite as bleak as all that, especially since that number was influenced heavily (I believe) by the high rate of death in children (though since I don't know exactly how they determine the life expectancy figures, I could be wrong about that).

Infant mortality skewed pre-modern life expectancies sharply downward. Maternal mortality also skewed the average downward. Men who lived in the country and survived childhood often lived to eighty or ninety. Life expectancy in cities was sharply lower because of epidemic disease.

Helter

Chester, PA

OLD SKOOL

DEC 07, 2003 10:59 AM

plonk said:

Infant mortality skewed pre-modern life expectancies sharply downward. Maternal mortality also skewed the average downward. Men who lived in the country and survived childhood often lived to eighty or ninety. Life expectancy in cities was sharply lower because of epidemic disease.

that's what I had thought.

Morgan

SUICIDEGIRL

Illinois, USA

DEC 07, 2003 11:03 AM

TeeJay said:
In Romeo & Juliette, wasn't Juliette only 13 years old?

Yeah but I think Romeo was supposed to be 14 or something, as well.

Helter

Chester, PA

OLD SKOOL

DEC 07, 2003 11:30 AM

Morgan said:

Yeah but I think Romeo was supposed to be 14 or something, as well.

I thought he was supposed to be 18...

TheInsomniac

Washington, DC

October 2003

DEC 07, 2003 12:12 PM

Yeah, Romeo was 18 or 19 in the play.

YAWG

Victoria, BC

November 2003

DEC 07, 2003 12:32 PM

Thanks for the info Plonk about life expectancy in the pre-modern era.I hadn't realised that infant mortality was a factor in the statistics,I thought those numbers were crunched seperatley.
Thirteen this day and age is way too young for someone to get married.If two people of that age get married they're going to have a hard time making ends meet.Can you even enter into a legal contract( ie rental agreement ,bank loan etc)at that age?
An adult marrying a thirteen year old is just wrong in my mind.There is no way that they would have equality in their marriage,no matter how emotionally mature the thirteen year old is.

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