Comment on Why do arranged marriages persist in many cultures?
AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world 7 months agoI don’t know. There’s an even chance my parents would have been better at picking my husband than I was.
Comment on Why do arranged marriages persist in many cultures?
AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world 7 months agoI don’t know. There’s an even chance my parents would have been better at picking my husband than I was.
beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
Eh. There’s a BIG difference between you making a questionable decision on your own and someone else forcing you into their questionable decision
AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You do know that arranged marriage and forced marriage are different things, right?
dezmd@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You do know the two overlap rather consistently from the context of the females’ choice in most cultures where it persists, right?
AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That doesn’t mean they should be conflated.