Trad wifery isn't all that it is cracked up to be. Life is perfect until he trades you in and you're left with nothing. No job, no income, no money, nothing.
Think.
To young to vote at 18.
Too young to drink at 21.
Too young to sign a lease at 25.
But somehow fully capable of consenting to childbirth at 12?
The law doesn't protect children. it protects patriarchy.