22 is a little young for a man to marry but 9 is perfect for a woman.
a man should marry at 30. woman at 9-13.
And btw, in the 19th century it worked just fine for this man:
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22 is a little young for a man to marry but 9 is perfect for a woman.
a man should marry at 30. woman at 9-13.
22 is fine in this case because he has a tobacco farm and is well established.
you are correct men used to mature faster because they didn't have to waste a decade on education back then ...
today women mature faster ( sexually ) due to estrogenic environment ...
so men today should marry later but women earlier ...