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 @Christmassy Merry Dude @owl. 
That only happens under a culture in which men court girls without having to ask for the father's permission. If you normalize proper courtship, then all the extra abuse nonsense goes away.
Parents will force children into prostitution regardless of whether child brides are allowed or not. If anything, they already support the degeneracy of OnlyFans. Finally, you are implying both the father and the mother are evil enough to support prostituting their kid. If that's the case, then even without child brides, the kid is already screwed over tbh.
Finally, marriages require a judge, so no casual sex. If a little girl is being raped by a bunch of men, then it would require tremendous secrecy and a absolutely immoral community. 
 @c59c8878 @owl. >Finally, you are implying both the father and the mother are evil enough to support prostituting their kid. If that's the case, then even without child brides, the kid is already screwed over tbh.

We live in a society where such happens quite often. Many of our children *are* figuratively screwed. That does not mean we should allow them to get *literally* screwed.

>If a little girl is being raped by a bunch of men, then it would require tremendous secrecy and a absolutely immoral community.

Most of the West meet both of those conditions.