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In a now deleted tweet, weirdo Azealia Banks shares that "fucking 14 year old girls was really only made a social taboo in the 1990s" (infosec.pub)

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[–] SparroHawc@lemmy.zip 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The fact that the song is titled 'Jailbait' should tell you something about the ethics of that.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Think the point is that at least for rock music scene, it was considered perfectly normal for underage groupies to get with rock stars.

Yeah it was illegal but so were drugs, and we know how famously sober the rock celebrities were of the age....

I think there was taboo unless everyone agreed the older man was "hot". If they got with underage people because they were old creepy ugly dudes that couldn't get with anyone any other way, absolutely taboo.

But if everyone thought they had a choice but happened to also include young women that seemed openly "partying" then people did likely shrug.

[+] givesomefucks@lemmy.world -6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

...

Are you one of those people who thinks legality and ethics are the same thing?

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 6 points 5 days ago

Come on now

[–] SparroHawc@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Laws are written by people, in part, to enshrine ethics.

No, not all laws are about ethics, or even about what is just and right. But that's the basis of the system.

It's unethical to commit statutory rape, and people have agreed with this sentiment enough to make it very illegal, to the point that you risk jail time for committing it.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

When at least one of the marriage partners is under the general marriage age, the marriage is considered underage. Sixteen states completely ban underage marriage: Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Michigan,[2] Rhode Island, Washington,[3] Virginia,[4] New Hampshire,[5] Maine,[6] Oregon,[7] and Missouri.[8] The other states may require the underage partner to obtain either parental consent, judicial authorization, or both, or rely on "exceptional circumstances". The minimum underage marriage age, when all mitigating circumstances are taken into account, commonly ranges from 15 to 17. Five states do not allow a person over 21 to marry an underage person. As of April 2024, four US states do not set any minimum age for marriage.[9]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_age_in_the_United_States

Here's another tidbit:

Georgia raised its age of consent from 14 to 16 in 1995 as did Hawaii in 2001. Colorado lowered its age of consent to 15 in 1971, after it lowered the age of majority from 21 to 18 years.

So....

It continued I to the 90s like Azeala said, and I agreed...

Right?

Like, you're saying legality and ethics goes hand in hand, and this shows that it was legal in some places, so following your logic, it was also ethical in those places until the laws change

Because if not I legitimately don't even understand what point you're trying to make.

[–] SparroHawc@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 days ago

Okay, now you're getting into semantics. I will remind you that the song is titled Jailbait, which means statutory rape. And if you look at the lyrics, the song is written pretty clearly from the point of view of a sleazeball.