Left and Right both very wrong
There is no age of consent in Afghanistan.
The variable for them is marriage.
Far right politics does this. They want patriarchal control of women's bodies.
They're fighting against the "anarchy" of women having bodily autonomy.
1)
In Idaho and Yemen a 10 year old can get married, with parental consent.
Their ideology is Daddy must control her sexuality until Daddy gives her away to her future husband, who has been vetted and shown to be a good Christian/Muslim.
2)
The Left has a sincere desire to protect children.
They just got so caught up in
Stranger Danger and Sex Predators Everywhere!!!
that they totally forgot what a child is,
and how to honestly assess harm.
So everything they propose is counterproductive idiocy.
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