JackLakeland Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 There are very few, "forced marriages" where the girl is physically forced into the marriage. There are many more where emotional blackmail are used....these are impossible to stop... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 There are very few, "forced marriages" where the girl is physically forced into the marriage. There are many more where emotional blackmail are used....these are impossible to stop... So emotional blackmail does not = forced? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackLakeland Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 So emotional blackmail does not = forced? Well yes, but not in the same way. I think of forced as a girl being whisked away to some far of place and married to someone she's never met or has nothing on common with... Emotional blackmail can't really be legislated against. I saw a report on the tv today when one father threatened to slit his own throat, because he'd be so ashamed, if the daughter didn't marry the chosen one... That's a lot of pressure for a young girl. They are both forced, I suppose, and you're right, but one can't really be dealt with in a court... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlittlepup Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Well yes, but not in the same way. I think of forced as a girl being whisked away to some far of place and married to someone she's never met or has nothing on common with... Emotional blackmail can't really be legislated against. I saw a report on the tv today when one father threatened to slit his own throat, because he'd be so ashamed, if the daughter didn't marry the chosen one... That's a lot of pressure for a young girl. They are both forced, I suppose, and you're right, but one can't really be dealt with in a court... It could be....if you could convince a jury that the threats of violence against himself left the daughter feeling she had no option to go through with the wedding. I would all be a matter of what a jury would accept as force. So threatening to slit your own throat might be considered as force, but for example saying that they're going to stop talking to you if you don't do what they want would probably not be enought to convince a jury of force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jag82 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Forced marriages are banned. Do you mean arranged marriage? No the poster means Forced Marriages ... David Cameron said: 'Forced marriage is abhorrent and little more than slavery. To force anyone into marriage against their will is simply wrong and that is why we have taken decisive action to make it illegal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riche Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Err yes. No person should be forced into any situation. If you are free you have free will. If you are forced into something it implies you have had your free will taken away. I worked with a girl called Asra whose Pakistani family forces her into an arranged marriage. She was sent to Pakistan where she became a no more than a house maid to her husbands family. She escaped and returned to sheffield. Her brothers used to escort her home from work before she was married, not right at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jag82 Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 There are very few, "forced marriages" where the girl is physically forced into the marriage. There are many more where emotional blackmail are used....these are impossible to stop... How do you know ? Do all brides and grooms report to you for a private in confidence polygraph? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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