saw a tiktok video of a woman singing about how disgusting it was that mary, estimated to be 15, was raped by joseph and then the resulting pregnancy was passed off as a miracle. lyrics said “she was a baby too.” i am not christian. but:
1. last time i checked, there are no records of mary and joseph and the romans took records VERY SERIOUSLY. the “child marriage” historians estimate is based on related accounts that the bible story was cobbled together from. nobody has actually been able to prove where jesus (who likely was an existing radical) came from. we only know a legend that appeared nearly a century after the crucifixion. you are all literally blubbering over a rape that never happened.
2. more importantly to me, calling a teenage victim a baby/“little girl/boy” takes away any remaining shred of agency and self-confidence that the victim has left. you don’t have to be a baby or even a minor for rape to be bad. thanks a lot assholes!!!!
