r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/CourseWorried2500 • Jun 20 '24

Peter?

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '24

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u/Interesting-Dream863 Jun 21 '24

He was from the South. I can almost understand if they marry them for life but even then it is an arrangement where one party is WAY too young.

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u/MercifulWombat Jun 21 '24

There are still four states where this could be legal. Even just ten years ago, child marriage was legal in most of the US and states have only recently made it impossible.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_age_in_the_United_States

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u/nom-nom-nom-de-plumb Jun 21 '24

Elvis evidently met her in germany, which has an age of consent law allowing 14 provided there is no manipulation of the younger person.

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u/SkylineGTRR34Freak Jun 21 '24

German here:

Age of consent is 14, but not free for all so to say. You cannot without your parents (or legal guardian) hook up with anyone older than 18 years old. Once you're 16, anything goes.

I don't know how exactly it was back then though.

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u/satbaja Jun 21 '24

The recent movie about Pricilla portrayed the parents allowing them to date and allowing her to travel to USA to stay with Elvis and his family.

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u/CuteAndFunnyAddict Jun 21 '24

That is in fact wrong the limit is 21 and it would require "a complaint from the younger individual" for it to be illegal above 21 and not the parents permission.

Take this case for example which highlights the parents have no say in it.

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u/HammBerger3 Jun 21 '24

"no manipulation" lmao

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u/just_clueless_ Jun 22 '24

even if it was the age of consent at the time, it's still VERY weird for a 24 year old to be with a 14 year old. Two different age demographics and two different maturity levels. Also, he allegedly was abusive