I am 64 and would never ever consider touching one of my daughters or my granddaughters...I love them too much. And the thought of raising a teen-age wife impales me... >From: "Jon Lou" <jonlouis37@hotmail.com> >Reply-To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [GA-Roots] Marrying Ages and Sexual Abuse >Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 18:02:28 EDT > > >yes perversion occurs, but to list it as one of the major reasons for early >marriage is simply false. It was a custom for eligible females in the >south >of any social or ethnic origin to marry early up until the early 20th >century unless, and I use the unless advisedely, the girl was "strange" >i.e. wanted something more than marriage, perhaps education, then she >usually either never married or married before she was 21. no, the number >of "pappies" sexually abusing thier daughters can't be proved by any >emperical data, but as i said before, you can always use "sexual abuse" to >"prove" a point. > >. eaad>From: "oneoldog" <oneolddogg@home.com> >>Reply-To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >>To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: Re: [GA-Roots] Marrying Ages and Sexual Abuse >>Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 16:23:29 -0000 >> >>I am sorry this disgusts you but is a proven fact back then as it is >>today. >>If you knew anyone who had been unfortunate enough to be a victim, you >>might >>have a different opinion. >>Pat in TX >> >> >> >>Marrying Ages and Sexual Abuse >> >> >> > >> > Yep had to throw in that "sexual abuse",,and "property of father"; >>gotta >> > watch pappy at every turn!! Geeze... If you can't think of a reason >> > this'un is as good as any I suppose...disgust here >> > >From: lynda wilson <lwilson@life.edu> >> > >Reply-To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >> > >To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >> > >Subject: [GA-Roots] Marrying Ages >> > >Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 11:42:50 -0400 >> > > >> > >For some reason a lot of southern women married young. I >> > >think it was to get away from a big family with too many >> > >mouths to feed or since women were considered property >> > >of the father, maybe to avoid sexual abuse. Or the sons >> > >moved out and needed a wife to take care of them and >> > >maybe children from a first wife. >> > >I have several lines where the women married very young. >> > >Unfortunately, marrying at 11 is not that uncommon. >> > >Lynda >> > > >> > >> > >>________________________________________________________________________ >> > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at >>http://www.hotmail.com >> > >> >> > >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com