In Sweden, it is legal for a 70 year-old-man to be married to a 15 year-old-girl, even though she is a child under the law. In Sweden, it is even legal to marry cousins (even though their offspring show massive IQ deficiency and increased number of defects and diseases in general). So, in some cases, 15yo girl is LEGALLY MARRIED to her fathers brother, who rapes her 24/7.
This child marriages debate, is not a big one in Sweden. There is a complete media blackout and has been for many years. The few articles you see about it tends to defend it.
https://www.dagenssamhalle.se/debatt/alla-barnaektenskap-aer-inte-olagliga-enligt-svensk-raett-21812
In above mainstream Swedish article, a lawyer (right term?) of international right, argues that a childs right to be raped stands higher than than Swedish authories right to stop it from happening.
As long as the actuall marriage ceremony happens abroad, Swedish authories will accept that a child as young as 15 (some 15 year-olds are biologically 12, you know) is married to a man of any age, and won't give them a hard time by asking a bunch of questions. It's a "hands off" kind of policy.
Sweden legalized child marriages to makes the transition from a Muslim country to a Christian country (like Sweden) more smooth.
Though if you read Swedish forums and social media and alternative news sites (fairly small in Sweden) this issue of "child marriages" often shows ups. But the vats majority of Swedes just read mainstream articles, and most Sweden don't actually even KNOW that child marriages are legal in their own country. The few I have told dislike it strongly.
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White-Supremacist ago
Age of consent in south korea is 13.
Salbuchi_2019 ago
Is it actually enforced?
In Japan it is often stated that age of consent is also 13. What many miss out is that's the federal age of consent. In practice, all prefectures enforce their own higher age of consent. So in practice it's not possible for a creepo to fuck a 13 years old girl.
Maybe it's a similar issue in Korea?
Laserchalk ago
We have similar laws in Australia where 14 year olds can consent to people that are 16 or so.
White-Supremacist ago
I am unsure, but I know in many places on Earth the age of marriage is lower than that.