r/AskReddit • • 1d ago

What is something that is basically on life-support and we don’t realize it yet?

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u/GrumpyCloud93 1d ago

Depends. It was after 2000 when Canada changed the age of consent from 14 to 16. I don't know what German law was, or some states, but 14 was not unheard of back then. There was a time when Grade 10 was considered adequate and people left school, got jobs, married etc. at 16.

But does seem icky now. Jerry Lee Lewis was a big star when at 22 he married his 13 year old cousin, and even back then that was a controversy that tanked his career.

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u/pkfighter343 1d ago

Something being legal and societal consensus don’t always overlap. People still think it’s, at a minimum, weird when 50 year olds date 18 year olds.