I have friends who are Afghan who have had arranged marriages so this led me to be curious to ask, why does this practice still persist into the 21st century?

  • @[email protected]
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    114 months ago

    I understand in theory the benefits. But I practice for me It would be a nightmare. Being unable to get away from toxic family members would be horrible. And being the outsider… I’m dating you, not your family. I find the idea of “entering a new family” worrisome and distasteful.

    • @AnalogyAddict
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      54 months ago

      I don’t know. There’s an even chance my parents would have been better at picking my husband than I was.

      • beefbot
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        24 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
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          154 months ago

          You do know that arranged marriage and forced marriage are different things, right?

          • @dezmd
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            44 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
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              44 months ago

              That doesn’t mean they should be conflated.

              • @dezmd
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                04 months ago

                It means they are conflated, even if you don’t like that they are.

                • @AnalogyAddict
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                  4 months ago

                  Only for people with an inability to comprehend rudimentary semantics.

                  • @dezmd
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                    04 months ago

                    Projecting one’s denial of rational semantics is a comprehension problem on its own.