As a Muslim, I would like to add my 2 cents. Historically, religion has made pre marriage interaction between a man and a woman essentially banned. You "should

As a Muslim, I would like to add my 2 cents. Historically, religion has made pre marriage interaction between a man and a woman essentially banned. You "should not" meet or talk to a girl /boy who is not your relative a term( mahram, which is a male relative who by consanguinity cannot have sex with) is often used so society is built around that concept. A college going guy/girl is not supposed to talk let alone be friendly because religion. That, over time has engrained into the entire society so for one, there is no concept of teen pregnancy because situation does not evolve to a point two people can have sex before getting married. Years ago, I saw a 13 Yo couple "kissing" on the street like 7 years ago. That's literally the only time I've seen PDA of sorts. Marriage is also weird because you are supposed to be a celibate before marriage, then your "parents" arrange a marriage and you are expected to sign off on it either on a photo of the other person or a brief interaction. The quirk of arrange marriage, you need to be "saleable" by way of a degree/job/business. What happens is, a 25-27 yo guy is either studying or unemployed. Girls? They either get a low paying job to get a tag of "employed" or just stay at home. Guys? Unless they start working, they are not considered ready till 28-29. Then it usually takes 2-4 years to "arrange a marriage". Now, its common to have 35-40 year olds getting married because the guy "wasn't earning enough" and because of religious compulsions, are always virgins. Over the last decade, instances of divorce have increased manifold because now people are starting to not put up with a bad relationship which was the societal norm and suddenly older generation is waking up to people getting divorced because the couple don't know how to handle a relationship