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?

  • beefbot
    2•4 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
      15•4 months ago

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

      • @dezmdEnglish
        4•4 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
          4•4 months ago

          That doesn’t mean they should be conflated.

          • @dezmdEnglish
            0•4 months ago

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

            • @AnalogyAddict
              1•4 months ago

              Only for people with an inability to comprehend rudimentary semantics.

              • @dezmdEnglish
                0•4 months ago

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