Forced Marraige
It has its dangers but also its benifits
Forced Marriage is..
Forced marriage is a marriage in which one or both of the parties is married without his or her consent or against his or her will
Dangers
- Women/Men can be forced into physically and mentally uncomfortable situations
- Person forced into marriage may enter deep depression
- A lot of time ends in death of one or both sides of the marriage
- Can compromise persons social and family lives
- If not done so may bring shame upon family
- Can end up getting raped and abused throughout time with husband
- People being forced to marry can have a large age diffrence
Benifits
- Can offer money and wealth to family in poverty
- Can bring you closer to your heritage
- Will offer protection to family
- Will ensure blood line continues
Laws Against Forced Marriage
- In UK forcing marriage carries a seven year term in jail
- The US government considers forced marriage to be human rights and child abuse
- Australia- The Commonwealth Criminal Code Act 1995 (the Criminal Code) contains offences regarding forced marriage. It is illegal to cause a person to enter a forced marriage, and to be a party to a forced marriage.
Iran's View On Forced Marriage
- Young girls can be forced to marry before they reach puberty
- Man can have up to 4 wives
- Men can have unlimited amounts of temporary wives
- Women have no right to divorce or retain custody of children
Afghanistan's View On Forced Marriage
- Afghan women are beaten, raped, forced to cook, and forced to clean
- recently people have been burning themselves to death to escape forced marriage
- Women can not get married under sixteen nut most that are forced to marry are children
- Eradication has forced parents to force children to marry traffickers/ drug smugglers or be killed
Forced Marriage in the USA
- Only 10 states have specific laws that can be used to prevent forced marriage
- You have to have judge approval if under 16 to be married
- People 17 year old can get married if parents sign marriage licence
Reasons Why...
- Death threats
- abuse
- In some countries it is tradition for your parents to choose your spouse if you don't want them to sometimes they will use force
- Some times people were told they would be taken some place safely but instead they were forced to marry or be killed
- Eradication and drug smugglers
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How Does It Affect Families/Realitives
- Some times the family is okay with because they are the ones encouraging it
- Other times families/realitives are heart broken because there child was forced to do that or die
Why Does It Occur?
- It occurs because of...
- Drugs
- Death Threats
- Abuse
- etc.
Bibliography
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