Forced Marriage in India To most people’s common knowledge, arranged marriage has always been a known cultural tradition that most South-Asian societies still practice today. Arranged marriage is consent between both the families of the couple and the couple itself, to be married. Then there is forced marriage which is the practice of forcing one or both parties to marry, which is what I’m here to discuss. Forced marriage is an ongoing issue that is practiced in South-Asian societies and as well in the United States. Forced marriage is wrong and it is a problem because it’s a violation of human rights.
Families’, who marry off their children, tend to have them married at young ages. Most of these children who are being put into a forced …show more content…
Once a child is married off it is one less mouth to feed, provide for, and educate. Most parents will force their young daughters to marry hoping that she will live a better life with a wealthier man but, this is very untrue, as it is a cycle to continuous poverty. What I mean by this is that forcing a young girl or boy into marriage causes them to be pulled out of school. Without being in school, studying to get a better education and job you cannot get either one of those. So, most of these girls will end up poor, neglected, and abused, which is the most unfortunate outcome of these marriages. India is in the top bracket for child brides, India is in first place with ten thousand plus child brides …show more content…
The dowry can help give these brides safety. This also shows that the brides’ family is somewhat wealthy because they can provide money and goods. The dowry is an illegal cultural practice that allows families to trade their daughters, money, and materialistic things in exchange of good marriage. The money or goods go to the groom and his family. This practice has come hand in hand with domestic violence and the most common is death. In the dowry trade many families will give their gifts at the time of the marriage, but even after the marriage the groom and his family will demand more. If the family of the bride cannot give more (which is the case because most of the families are poor) then the bride is most likely going to be abused or killed. The Dowry system has been outlawed in 1961 but is still practiced today. An amendment to this law in 1986 has stated that any death within the first 7 days of marriage will be considered a dowry related crime. (www.pulitzercenter.org.) Although, there are these laws to help prevent dowry marriages, and deaths most the crimes will go
Families’, who marry off their children, tend to have them married at young ages. Most of these children who are being put into a forced …show more content…
Once a child is married off it is one less mouth to feed, provide for, and educate. Most parents will force their young daughters to marry hoping that she will live a better life with a wealthier man but, this is very untrue, as it is a cycle to continuous poverty. What I mean by this is that forcing a young girl or boy into marriage causes them to be pulled out of school. Without being in school, studying to get a better education and job you cannot get either one of those. So, most of these girls will end up poor, neglected, and abused, which is the most unfortunate outcome of these marriages. India is in the top bracket for child brides, India is in first place with ten thousand plus child brides …show more content…
The dowry can help give these brides safety. This also shows that the brides’ family is somewhat wealthy because they can provide money and goods. The dowry is an illegal cultural practice that allows families to trade their daughters, money, and materialistic things in exchange of good marriage. The money or goods go to the groom and his family. This practice has come hand in hand with domestic violence and the most common is death. In the dowry trade many families will give their gifts at the time of the marriage, but even after the marriage the groom and his family will demand more. If the family of the bride cannot give more (which is the case because most of the families are poor) then the bride is most likely going to be abused or killed. The Dowry system has been outlawed in 1961 but is still practiced today. An amendment to this law in 1986 has stated that any death within the first 7 days of marriage will be considered a dowry related crime. (www.pulitzercenter.org.) Although, there are these laws to help prevent dowry marriages, and deaths most the crimes will go