Tangential thought: Why can't anyone find great roles for the once-great Jeremy Irons anymore? Did he piss someone off?

I think one could argue that "true love" actually probably would occur before 16. Love after that would be of a different less true nature. Obviously the society we are crafting requires that we teach certain standards but I can imagine a world where we could simultaneously have womens rights and still require every 15 yo fall in love and make us a baby.

"oddly, male casters aren't chained to their fate—they get to choose whether to be good or evil" This is thoroughly explained in the book, with a whole back story that was left out of the movie.

Actually, a lot of your points are ignorant towards the novel and I can tell that you haven't actually read Beautiful Creatures. I think you should always see what the book has to say before judging its movie so harshly.