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Originally Posted by ardeegee
Very sad, but also interesting to note that their culture is actually much closer to the "normal" for most of human history than ours it. Adolescence is an artifact of Western industrial society (which is in no way defending the modern child-marriage cultures.)
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I'm not against child brides, per se. It's the forced aspect of it, that makes me angry. If two 16 year olds want to get married, let them. But when the age difference is huge and the girl is forced into the marriage, I'd say that is wrong. People are created equal, whatever some cultures may say (even our so-called modern western culture still thinks that the genders are different...).
But those girls that managed to get away, let's hope they'll give hope to the other child-brides-to-be and that they really will make a difference.