[AlaskaErik]

The reason I make note of this is because, in the past, 14 or 15 years old has been considered an age at which a woman is capable of consenting to marriage.

True...under sharia law.

[sargon]

in the past, 14 or 15 years old has been considered an age at which a woman is capable of consenting to marriage.

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True...under sharia law.

It's not just under sharia law. Such things have been permitted under the law in English-speaking nations, as well as numerous others.

But you already knew that.

Nowadays, America is actually considered one of the most "Puritan" nations on this issue, but in the not-so-distant past, community standards were somewhat more "relaxed"...