>>44361879That's a meme based on misrepresenting data. Age expectancy was low because of the high levels of infant mortality. But if you survived those early infancy phases you had a very high chance to grow up to your 60s or 70s. The median of those who died between 1850 and 1949 (the time those age of consent laws were still active) was 71 years old if you control for the right factors