Pedophilia implies a relationship with a pre-pubescent minor, doesn't it? Dating/marrying a 16/17 year old does not make
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lexiever-1 — 12 years ago(August 11, 2013 09:22 AM)
I don't think Charlie was a pedophile, times were different then and I'm not saying that like it's okay because its disgusting to me, I'm a 24 yr old female and could never imagine myself with a man old enough to be my father. I prefer men who were born in my own decade and heck I was born at the end of the 80s I would want someone close to that year. Anyway, I think Charlie had issues with women, maybe due to his mother?, plus his first love Was young and that ended tragically so I'm assuming that had an effect on his future choices in women. Also old dudes always married young women back in the day, gross to me for the most part but times were different and what may have gotten a little bit more of a pass back then wouldn't be acceptable today and vice versa.
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audonamission — 12 years ago(September 25, 2013 11:26 AM)
About a year ago, I started doing a lot of genealogical research for my family. Turns out, two of my great-grandmothers got married at the ripe old age of 14. Both had 2-3 kids by the time they were 20, and these ladies would have been contemporaries of Chaplin's wives. Back then, people weren't as concerned about putting a specific age on being an adult. Once a girl was sexually mature, she would get married, whether she was 14, 16, or 18. Of course, we can make the argument that just because a person is sexually mature doesn't mean that they're emotionally ready for the demands of being a wife and a mother. But it seems a little unfair and myopic to treat Chaplin like a monster when his choices, although arguably unusual, were not too far out of the realm of possibilities.
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DavidW1947 — 11 years ago(February 08, 2015 01:59 AM)
I'd just like to point out the misuse of the word paedophile (or pedophile) in this thread. The word describes someone who is sexually attracted to children who are pre-pubescent, that, is aged 12 years and under. A paedophile would not be interested in teenagers or either sex, certainly not anyone aged 15 or 17. I am amazed at the number of people who don't know this. It has nothing to do with any age of consent. Even if the age of consent were increased to 45, a paedophile still wouldn't be interested in a 44 year old.
A lot of confusion is caused by the authorites insisting that anyone under the age of 18 years, even if they are 17 and married, is a child, when, in fact, they are a young adult. -
Mattfinbell — 11 years ago(February 08, 2015 09:34 AM)
DavidW1947 A lot of confusion is caused by the authorites insisting that anyone under the age of 18 years, even if they are 17 and married, is a child, when, in fact, they are a young adult.
I think the law trumps your card dude