Open thread, Oct. 5 - Oct. 11, 2015

MrMind

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No, but that might be because the hypothetical Indian is making a much weaker policy suggestion.

By the way, arranged marriage means that neither partner has a choice.

3skeptical_lurker11y

I'm not sure what policy suggestion AA was making. I thought that you thought he was proposing forced marriages. What do you think he was proposing? And of course, a lot of pressure is put on men to go into arranged marriages, but at the end of the day they do have a little more freedom, as if it comes down to violence they are more able to defend themselves. And that's a possibility - I have heard an girl of Indian decent say "I can't be forced into marriage because I have no male relatives and I could take my mum in a fight."