47 Y.O Marries An 8 Y.O
 

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/wor...hild.bride.cnn

It's supposed to be ok though - he promised not to have sex with her until she reaches puberty...

Sick Fuckers!

oh my god......... i heard "500 youtube videos already lol"

till she hts puberty??? so it's cool in the laws eyes if he waits until she's like 12? silly brown people...

Damn, the things people get away with.

that's terrible... if she were 6 or 7 then i'd be OK.. but 8.. that's waiting SO LONG HER LIFE IS ALMOST OVER BY THEN...

Very sick!

countries like SA and others make this a common thing. totally sick and wrong but ok in their standards. totally wrong though.

god damn thats fucked up

No, it's wrong by YOUR standards and OUR standards. That doesn't make it wrong in the grand scheme of things. Maybe that's the way things are supposed to be (as it used to all be that way with very young brides) and WE are the ones who have it all wrong, censored, brainwashed and backwards. Who's to say?

Sick. I don't their idea.

Common sense will tell you that it is wrong. I understand your point though.

Damn...how can this be true??

I get different cultures, etc, etc...however, as a woman..I would like to think I am not 'suppose' to be married off at 8 years old to a much older man. I would like to think I am 'suppose' to have a right to make my own choices.

'suppose' .. who supposes? your society does. in their society, it's normal if not supposed to be married off at a very young age...

imagine their 'forum' where they talk about our culture in the way we talk about theirs.. they must say stuff like 'we're supposed to be married off young, why do westerners wait until their old, or their families get no benefit from the marriage?'

food for thought.

wrong.... wrong.... wrong.... wrong

ah, our friends in Saudi Arabia, spreading freedom and equal rights...

Those who think that is acceptable because its a third world country are delusional. May your little girls never have to go through some shit like that.

Yes, I get that. Which also means that we all filter stories like this through our own notions of how society should be. I was using 'suppose' because it had been used in what I was quoting. As a Western woman I find it hard to support any female (or male for that matter) of any age not being able to decide things such as marriage on their own.

That's terrible...

Ye, as a "Western woman" you feel better about waking your 5 year old kids up at 6 o'clock, hauling them out to a perfect stranger who will take care of them the next 9 hours while you are at work. And on Sundays you pull them in to a house with religious fanatics who believe in a 2000 year old story of a man who walked on water, and force feed them the religious bullshit, and if they don't accept that religion you tell them they will go to hell


You are a bunch of ignorant hypercrits


Wake the fuck up and mind your own business in your own country, Instead of just pointing fingers at other peoples culture.

Right or wrong - NOT my problem - It's their world, not yours

If you are to dumb to understand the point, then feel free to shut the fuck up and go whore you sig somewhere else

Yeah. Im sure he is going to wait.

Common sense as a definite unmoveable thing does not exist. Onlythe moral value instilled upon you by societal influence. Just because we all THINK it's fucked up and wrong does not necessarily mean it is. I don't agree with arranged marriage, and I certainly don't agree with a 47 year old man marrying an 8 year old, but if the environment and society they are living in is acceptant of that, so be it. I do think the opinions on these things are changing though, and there are certainly people fighting for change in the middle east just like the woman in the video. It's only a matter of time. With globalization increasing at a rapid rate, western influence is taking over the views of the world's population.. That's just the way it is. That's not saying that it is the way the universe intended it. I can sort of understand why theres so many people in the middle east who HATE US with every ounce of their being. I'm pretty sure that's all DWB was trying to say.

It's just strange how the world works. Think of it this way. If there was no word for "rape" or "incest" or "pedophilia" or anything like that, and everyone fucked their kids. Do you think their children would be mentally scarred or damaged people? I don't think so. The kids whose parents DIDN'T rape them would be sitting in therapy crying to a shrink wondering why daddy didn't fuck them. Obviously that's not the way the world works, and obviously we as a group agree this is wrong, but 100 years ago you would have been shunned from society for being homosexual too. Who'd have thought back then that gay people would parade down the streets? Nature certainly didn't intend people to be homosexual.

Everybody is gonna hate on me for using this example, but throw your preconceived notions about the idea out the window and consider it that way, as though that were the accepted way of the world. It is an extreme example of course, but it is a perfect one I think. Society dictates beliefs, NOT THE REALITY OF OUR EXISTENCE. Sometimes you need to use a shocking example to get that point across.

these sand-dwelling folks dont look at sexuality the way we do. most of their chicks are fat & ugly under those towels. so what do they know about virgin sex. Theres no spur posse in middle eastern cultures. They look at sex like plowing a field - a chore. If i'm wrong & these dudes are getting points for popping cherries, thems some ill motherfuckers.

That's just sick,what are some idiots thinking...

Of course, one's perspective might change if the 8 year old in question happens to be your own daughter. As a father you might not like the notion of some 50 yr old fuckstick having his way with your little girl the second she hits puberty.

Her actual parents must be on board with it though. Strange customs over there, but it's they who must live with it. I'm quite happy that that sort of thing isn't allowed where I live though. Quite happy.

Wrong in so many ways!

You know this is fucked up by SA standards too. Most people over there don't support this kind of thing either, and it's not like the whole country is out marrying 8 year olds.

In some circumstances though, the family doesn't have a choice. Women don't work over there so if they don't get married, and their parents are poor, they have no place to go. So when an opportunity arises, they will take it.

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