I don't want to defend their actions or downplay it

Which part of this were you not able to grasp?

A teenager, or teen, is a young person whose age falls within the range from 13–19. .

I reiterated that I wasn't trying to downplay what happened, just trying to use the correct terminology because we shouldn't exaggerate the gross act into something it wasn't. The terminology used by the person I initially replied to, makes it sound way worse than what it was for the time it occurred. I'm sure you're not able to understand that u/Proutinette because of your low IQ, but it wasn't crazy to be married at 18, or go to bars when you were 15-16 during those days.