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Fired for mentioning Mohammed had sex with his 9-year-old wife

lundi 30 juin 2014 à 14:00

A radio show host was fired for mentioning that Mohammed had sex with his 9-year-old wife (Aisha), which by today's usual standards would be called pedophilia.

As far as I know, 9-year-olds don't generally want sex with anyone. Mohammed's marriage to a child reflected the general practice of treating girls and women as property. Western countries have mostly rejected this, but many parts of the world still practice it.

By today's prudish standards, having sex with a 17-year-old would be called pedophilia too. These standards go too far in the other direction.