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[+] -18 points 5 months ago* (5 children)

The correct terminology depends on context.

As others have mentioned, when they said woman there they were referring to the present report of a woman, who was a teen and the time of the event.

Calling an adult female human a woman is not wrong.

Calling a teen a teen is not wrong.

Legally teens under 18 are also children.

Technically everyone is someone's child.

Though not considered adults by most laws, biologically people become adults after puberty, which varies by individual. The period during puberty they are adolescents, neither children nor yet adults.

Context matters.

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  • [+] -10 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    You're not wrong.

    Before the late 1800s age of consent laws didn't exist. Like a bar mitzvah was a celebration of adulthood, at 13, iirc.

    Marrying children was common. And knocking up young teen girls was normal. And this still happens...

    I think the saying was/is, "old enough to bleed, old enough to breed."

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I'm genuinely trying to understand your point. Do you mean we should still follow what people were doing in 1800s? People are dog pilling on you and while it's true 1800s people were relative brutes I'm not sure what that adds to this discussion?

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  • [–] -1 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    That's a lot of judgements to unpack.

    Luckily, I'm not moving. Good luck with that.

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