I'm saying that when a 53-year old male marries a 20-30 year old female, he has married a "young woman", and when he marries a female who is barely 18 he then has married a teenager. When a 53-year old male "marries" a female who has just barely tuned 9 lunar years, it is not accurate to say that he married a "young woman", Gilberto.
The thing is, dear Gilberto, that if a 50-year old male now decides to "consummate a marriage" with a ten-year old girl he cannot do that in 2005 in most any place now. He cannot argue that he has her consent and her parents' consent, that she is happy with it, that she is physically/emotionally mature, that she has had her menses, etc., etc. He just can't call it "marriage". Since we are talking about the Prophet Muhammad PBUH, I'd prefer not to comment on the morality (or lack thereof) of this specific issue. Regards, Iskandar Quoting Gilberto Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > ---------------------------- > > I'd say a "child" of around 7 or 9 lunar years of age is a more > accurate > > term than "young woman" when she marries a person 50 years older > than her. > > She is what she is whether she is married or not. > > > She was barely 18 when she became a widow, and could not marry > again ever. > > So what are you ultimately trying to say? > > Peace > > Gilberto > > > > > Regards, > > Iskandar > > > > __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
