Yes, child marriage (aka getting married before turning 18 years old) is legal in 46 states — as long as the minor has a parental or judicial waiver. Only Delaware, New Jersey, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania have set the minimum age to get a marriage certificate at 18 and eliminated all exceptions. When ranking marriage stats by age, we did not include statistics on the prevalence of child marriage, but it’s important to recognize that this marriage trend is still very much a reality in the U.S. and around the world. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimates that currently over 650 million women were married before the age of 18. In 2016, over 5.6 million girls became child brides. Actually not that many. Studies have found something like 15% to 20% of couples are in sexless marriages, meaning they do not engage in any sexual activities with their partner. As you may expect, the likelihood of being in a sexless marriage increases with age. Sexless marriages do not always signify marital instability or unhappiness. Some couples are satisfied with their sexless marriage and find more fulfillment from their emotional or intellectual connection. Other couples are not satisfied with this arrangement, and that’s where sex therapy can help by opening an honest dialogue about emotional and physical needs.