In developing countries child brides are very popular. Girls at the age of 10 are getting married to older men.
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I was reading an article on the National Geographic website that grabbed my attention. They spoke about a 10
year old girl named Yemeni who went to a courthouse to request a divorce. She
was only 10 years old and married to a man in his 30s. The sad thing was that
her own father had forced her to marry this older man. At the end she ended up
getting divorced and she wrote a book called “I am Nujood, Age 10 and
Divorced". It was translated in 30 languages. This particular story made
headlines and grabbed a lot of people's attention.
After being married
for only a month these young brides become pregnant. They are not even
physically mature to have babies. Their pelvic bone's are not big enough to deliver a baby. This puts not only the child but the young
mother in serious danger.
I could only
imagine how hard this might be for these young girls. You see here in the
United States most of us get married for love. We get married because we want
to not because others are forcing us to. I can't imagine my father telling me
that I have to marry someone that not only I don't know or love but way older.
I am the type of
person that tries to understand every culture but this is just something I 100%
disagree with. I just don't see why this is okay? I think its okay to marry
someone older but when you are mentally mature enough to know what you are
doing. Not when you are a child with no rights. This is an issue that continues
to happen. Now a days there are many people that work hard so this can be made
illegal, but it might be harder than it looks. This is definitely a process.
Here is An Article on Child Brides that I
found. It talks a little more about the health problems.
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