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Because they are incompatible choices. You have to live by the rules of the said small tight knit community. since gp said indian, in indian communities you hav
by apwell23 3y ago
Because they are incompatible choices. You have to live by the rules of the said small tight knit community. since gp said indian, in indian communities you have to marry within the community otherwise you "bring shame" to the community. This coercion doesn't even have to be explicit like that it acts on you in insidious ways .
Its the classic tradeoff between security and freedom.
- jl2718 3y ago> in indian communities you have to marry within the community Is this not evidence for the original point?
- lotsofpulp 3y agoMarrying within the community is not marrying (near) cousins. Once you are beyond 2nd cousins, you might as well be not related (for disease purposes), and the old Hindu scriptures go even further than that. Specifically, men and women would not be married within the same village, but within the same community in other villages (which may only be within a radius of 50km, but that is a lot of people).