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New York statutory rape laws were put in place by reformers to protect girls. But one scholar finds that girls’ families could force their partners (and them) into marriage.
When Statutory Rape Laws Led to Forced Marriages | JSTOR Daily
In early 20th-century New York, men accused of “ruining” women under eighteen could avoid prosecution by marrying them.
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