Comment on Why do arranged marriages persist in many cultures?
eskimofry@lemm.ee 6 months agoYou’re simply wrong. Arranged marriage is not a strict definition of no consent. In fact, a lot of the time the girl has the final say in going ahead after an initial exchange of photos and talking face to face, at least that’s how it works in cities and urbanized areas.
The reason you have this myopic view is that you’re misled into believing that arranged marriage is forced marriage by watching horror stories on the news. We all know the News cherrypicks for shock factor.
MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I have this view because the state I live in is still backwards enough that arranged marriages still happen here. I’ve known several people who ended up getting married this way and not a single one of them was happy about it.
Devi@kbin.social 6 months ago
You're still mixing up arranged marriage with forced marriage.