As disgusting as we see it now, keep in mind that, back then, child marriage was not only condoned but sometimes encouraged in those parts of the Southern U.S.
We’ll never know if he did it because he had a thing for young girls, or if he did it simply because it was an accepted practice.
Regardless of why, it’s objectively terrible that he did that.
carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Because no one cared about that 60 years ago
kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Most people weren’t even aware of it.
The general public knowing every little detail about a celebrity’s life simply wasn’t a thing then.
Cryophilia@lemmy.world 2 months ago
People wrote songs about it. Famous songs that you know the words to. People knew, they just didn’t care.
aodhsishaj@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The sad truth is that it was a very common practice. Just wait until they hear about Jerry Lee Lewis.
TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 2 months ago
And the Grateful Dead (sure Bob, you waited while she slept outside your room every night for 3 years), Chuck Berry, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, and about a hundred other groups. Hell, Kiss had the Christine Sixteen song, Jethro Tull had Aqualung, Seventeen by Winger, Into the Night by Benny Mardones, and a bunch of other songs have super uncomfortable lyrics about girls.
That’s not even getting into well known shit bags like Nugent.
Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m pretty sure fathers cared. Shotgun and shovel levels of caring.
I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 2 months ago
At least one of the fathers openly endorsed it. I don’t think fathers cared as much about it as you think.