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Just pause for a moment and think about this child.

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sashh · 02/07/2012 05:05

I know things are far from perfect from a feminist point of view, but this just reminded me of how far we have come, and what some people think is OK.

A 12 year old Soudi girl was 'married off' to an 80 year old man. He thinks he has done nothing wrong.

www.arabnews.com/node/333776

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FallenCaryatid · 02/07/2012 06:18

When I worked in the NW of England in a school with a very high ethnic minority intake, I learned very quickly not to assume that the child in my class was not being collected by her or his grandfather.
We had a large number of men who would marry a teenager when they were in their late 50s or 60s with the full approval of the families involved. So although the case is horrifying, you don't have to look very far to find similar examples, although not as young in the marriage, betrothals were often in the 12-14 bracket.
She withdrew her objection? Makes you wonder what sort of pressure and coercion she was under to do so. Angry