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@LeilaWalsh8 @PatriarchyCosts Thx yes, as I mention in the link hilaryburrage.com/2021/10/10/chi…
...several American states have no legal restrictions on age at marriage, and others permit girls to marry at 12, 13 or 14. On the other hand, however, the past quarter-century, since 1998, has seen the emergence 1/>
@LeilaWalsh8 @PatriarchyCosts 2/n
in some parts of the USA of ‘purity balls’, where fathers pledge to protect their daughters, who in return pledge to remain virgins (‘pure’) until they marry. The parallels here with traditional practices elsewhere stretching back millennia, 2/>
@LeilaWalsh8 @PatriarchyCosts 3/n
..where ‘purity’ is ‘guaranteed’ by FGM and other similar arrangements must be noted.

But as you say, in some USA states (Boston women lawyers, another example) legislators are now tackling this, thanks goodness #CEFM #ChildBrides

hilaryburrage.com/2021/10/10/chi…
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