MARRIAGE: PRIOR ACQUAINTANCE WITH SPOUSE
One important aspect of marriage is how well a couple knew one another
beforehand, and one measure of this is how long they knew each other before
marrying. If an individual were married more than once, we calculated only
the briefest acquaintance. Questioning showed that the average (median)
control-group male had by far the longest acquaintance with the girl he
married, having known her for over 16 months prior to the ceremony. The
briefest was that of the aggressors vs. minors: less than two months. In
this range of two to 16 months, six months is about the midpoint. Below the
midpoint one finds all but one of the offender groups vs. children, the
peepers, the exhibitionists, and all the aggressors. The prison group is at
the midpoint; above are all the offenders against females aged twelve and
over. From this one gains the impression that impetuous marriage is, a bad
omen, indicating inability to postpone the gratification of impulse, an
inability foreshadowing pedophilia and aggression.
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