Please note: the age of consent in Texas is SEVENTEEN

[fed_up_mother]

Not sixteen, as I'm reading in some posts here. (With allowances of a three year age difference for teens.)

Teen girls can marry with parental consent at the age of sixteen, assuming that both parties are legally free to marry. (Last part is in the statute, as well.)

Underage girls (sixteen and seventeen years old) may be emancipated a) through legal marriage with a parent's permission "or" b) with permission of the court.

A sham marriage between a sixteen year old and a much older man is probably considered statutory rape, at the very least.

Or do you think I can turn my sixteen year old daughter over to have sex with my husband's friend? :puke:

[meegbear]

1. Your age of consent note has been noted ...

:party: WELCOME TO DU!! :party:

[fed_up_mother]

2. Thank you for the welcome!

I am very interested in women and children's rights.

[meegbear]

8. Click the Discuss link, then Customize My Forums ...

you'll get a list of all the forums here. There is a women's one, but I don't think there's a children's one.

Hope to see your posts.

[fed_up_mother]

14. Thanks for the welcome.

[Deep13]

3. Naturally coercion negates consent.

No exactly sure what you are referring to, but I figured I would through that in. If the perpetrator has any sort of authority over the victim, consent becomes a non issue due to coercion.

[fed_up_mother]

4. I just noticed that a few posts alluded to the age of consent

being sixteen, so in the interest of informed discussion, I thought I'd post that.

And - for sure - coersion negates consent, but in the FLDS case going on, I suspect it's going to be hard to prove coersion, but in many cases, that won't be necessary based on the Texas statutes.

[Breeze54]

5. That didn't matter anyway, as they were raping them in 8th grade!!

most 8th graders are 12 & 13 years old.

[fed_up_mother]

6. If only they really were in eighth grade

I suspect many of them have far less education than that. :(

[Breeze54]

7. A boy from there said that right after 8th gr. graduation,

the girls were married off and pregnant a year later.

He managed too escape the cult and he said they ruled with fear.

Assholes!

[fed_up_mother]

10. Yes, I think I heard that as well

but some of these "young women" (from other compounds) have come out testing at fourth grade level. I wonder what they teach in seventh and eighth grades? How to sew your wedding dress? Cooking? Cleaning? :(

[Breeze54]

11. Probably, as they look at women as breeders... to be used.

They are a sick bunch. I'm glad the TX Child Protection raided the place.

I hope they raid more... last I heard another 16 yr. old pregnant girl

called for help in AZ. Shut them down! It's modern day slavery.

[kestrel91316]

12. They stop with the schooling by age 11 or 12.

They aren't allowed any books or magazines to read, so why would they need to learn how to read anyway?

:sarcasm:

[Breeze54]

9. Welcome to DU, fed_up_mother

:hi:

[fed_up_mother]

13. Wanted to say thanks!