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While children are often married off to old men in the US and Afghanistan in more civilised countries the state tend to intervene.
by hdgvhicv 2mo ago
While children are often married off to old men in the US and Afghanistan in more civilised countries the state tend to intervene.
- bentley 2mo ago> children are often married off to old men in the US How often are children married off to old men in the US?
- hdgvhicv 2mo agoMore than zero. How often is it acceptable for a 12 year old girl to be married off to an adult?
- bentley 2mo ago> More than zero. I’m not convinced it is more than zero. Do you know of a single case in the 21st century of a 12‐year‐old marrying an adult in the United States? After all, you rhetorically mentioned America in the same breath as Afghanistan, where 15% of women were married below the age of 15. (page 11: https://www.unicef.org/afghanistan/media/2711/file/afg-report-Child%20Marriage%20in%20Afghanistan.pdf.pdf https://www.unicef.org/afghanistan/media/2711/file/afg-repor...)
- hdgvhicv 2mo agoapps.frontline.org/child-marriage-by-the-numbers/ Oh well done. America only allows men to marry half a dozen 12 year olds in the 21st century. It’s better than Afghanistan. Have a medal.