PeteMorris Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Its grubby to say the least. Not something that belongs in a modern culture really. To me it sort of 'smacks' of a posession to be traded....as I understand it (could be wrong), a dowry would be involved too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaabMan Posted September 10, 2012 Author Share Posted September 10, 2012 To me it sort of 'smacks' of a posession to be traded....as I understand it (could be wrong), a dowry would be involved too! Im glad you said that, i was thinking the same thing. The dowrie thing has always confused me. It definatly makes the female seem like a product/item/possesion to be traded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Im glad you said that, i was thinking the same thing. The dowrie thing has always confused me. It definatly makes the female seem like a product/item/possesion to be traded. I'm not sure how it actually works in the Asian culture, and who has to provide it etc, but it's definitely in the mix somewhere there. But then I suppose our history is littered with marriages of convenience and dowries being exchanged. But that was in history!!!...Not in today's culture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 I'm not sure how it actually works in the Asian culture, and who has to provide it The bride's family, of course. I saw something on early morning BBC news a while back about young girls in India with facial scars that would be too expensive to make a dowry for, so were pushed out of the family home and now lived in a refuge. Not even grossly disfigured. Some were as young as 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natjack Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 For some girls 14-15 wouldn't be too young to get married, provided she was getting married to someone under 18 say? But in these 'forced' or 'arranged' marriages, the man is often 10 years older or more. That's just plain wrong. As to the dowry, I think they might still be expected to provide one with the girl, as an Asian Muslim man said to me the other week, talking about my sister's wedding, what dowry did she have? I thought he was kidding me, but he said he was serious and it was expected, along with inviting half the world to the wedding, hiring expensive cars to look flash and all the other stuff a lot of them seem to do. Make of it what you will. I'm still not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 What is the age of criminal consent? If your old enough to be charged with a crime you are probably old enough to marry, if you do so of your own free will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 The bride's family, of course. I saw something on early morning BBC news a while back about young girls in India with facial scars that would be too expensive to make a dowry for, so were pushed out of the family home and now lived in a refuge. Not even grossly disfigured. Some were as young as 10. Ah yes, I seem to remember from years ago, there was a bit of a 'to-do' about a lot of Asian people wanting to predict the sex of their unborn child, and if it turned out to be a girl then they were having abortions...So it's the females that seem to be a bit of a burden. I think it's moved on a bit since then though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 What is the age of criminal consent? If your old enough to be charged with a crime you are probably old enough to marry, if you do so of your own free will. How do you consent to being a criminal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natjack Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 What is the age of criminal consent? If your old enough to be charged with a crime you are probably old enough to marry, if you do so of your own free will. Do you mean criminal responsbility? I think it's 10 in England and Wales, and either 10 or 12 in Scotland. So you really believe that handing a little kid of 10 over to be married to an adult who could be 20 or even 30 years older is a good idea? Have a word with yourself, mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 How do you consent to being a criminal? Aye, got mixed up there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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