Lol oh arguing with misogynists on the internet is one of my favorite hobbies ;)

They’re just so emotional, y’know haha

Women make up the vast majority of those married before entering adulthood 47.6 million compared to 5.8 million men.

Girls are disproportionately affected, with 1 in 5 young women aged 20 to 24 years old married before their 18th birthday, compared to 1 in 30 young men.

An estimated 650 million girls and women alive today were married in childhood.

https://www.unicefusa.org/what-unicef-does/child-protection/end-child-marriage

Absolutely no one is saying that boys aren’t victims.

You are delusional to push that child marriage affects boys at the same rate as girls.

Yeah I’m in the process of finding a psychiatrist now. It’s just been difficult fighting my own built-in reluctance.

Thanks :)

Lol you realize most of those young boys are being married to young girls in those countries in the article, right? They’re still victims, but I think you’ve missed the big picture on that particular article.

Yes, there are some cases where adult women marry young boys and it’s disgusting and just as wrong as when men marry young girls.

I found exactly two cases in a brief search:

2005 Georgia Case: A 37-year-old woman married a 15-year-old boy in Gainesville, Georgia. While this triggered child molestation charges, the marriage was considered legal due to a state loophole allowing marriage for 15-year-olds if the female is pregnant.

2004 Kentucky Case: A 27-year-old woman married a 16-year-old boy shortly after her arrest for having sex with him, as reported by WAVE 3 News.

You tell me who the overwhelming offenders are of child marriage. Just take a wild fucking guess.

The OP of this post was not discriminating against men and boys. She was posting about April being sexual offence awareness month.

Not just men

Are you blind? That is a literal “not all men” statement.

I have never implied once that women aren’t committers of pedophilia. Your linked comments don’t work on my instance, so if you’re quoting something I suggest you actually quote it in your comment.

If you’re linking to my sarcastic reply about men always being victims, I guess comedy is illegal now lol

As far as I can tell you dont accept that misandry is a thing that exists, and do not see casual discrimination against men as a bad thing.

You’re boxing shadows - I have not once in this entire thread said what you are claiming.

The grief is honestly one of my biggest fears with starting medication. I don’t want to face that my life could have been so much better.

Of course that’s not a good reason to not seek help logically, but damn if those built in guilt trips and shame aren’t incredibly strong.

It’s a little anti-human to lump us all together without nuance.

If you aren’t interested in marrying children, then this post isn’t talking about you.

Oh it’s soooooo cute! I love hearing about new discoveries!

The image OP posted here implied rather clearly that only men are pedophiles.

All men who take child brides are pedophiles, but not all pedophiles marry their victims.

The post you put your first comment on was a “boys can be victims and women can be offenders” statement with a link.

The post already says that boys are victims and the link he provided says nothing about offenders at all.

He was literally replying with a “not all men” statement. Clearly it’s not all men - it’s men who want to marry children.

then implied that misandry is a myth when you were called on it

Where did I imply that misandry is a myth? I refuted that I personally am a misandrist.

Are you implying that all the marriages of underage boys were gay marriages?

Absolutely not lol

You jumped in to say that not all offenders are men and then linked an article that says nothing about offenders of child marriage at all.

But the image literally says “children” and not “girls”.

Yeah exactly.

Why did you feel the need to make sure OP knew that boys are also victims when they already acknowledged that?

Were you aware that the article you linked says absolutely nothing about the offenders?

Where did I say that?

The article he linked doesn’t say ANYTHING about the gender of offenders. He was sealioning.

The post is talking about child marriage and OP specified that children of all genders are victims.

I know some women are pedophiles. I’m not defending them.

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You’re an absolute cornerstone of this site, Lady Butterfly. I certainly appreciate how actively you contribute here :)

Is the misandry in the room with us?

As it should.

It’s not ok to marry children, mmmmk.

It’s already ruffled some feathers lol

Newsflash guys: If you aren’t marrying a child, this post isn’t attacking you!

Yes, yes, it’s men who are the true victims in every circumstance. Especially the ones who marry children.

The original post doesn’t say that boys aren’t also victims of child marriage. And yet here you are.