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?

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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (8 children)

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

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Eh. There’s a BIG difference between you making a questionable decision on your own and someone else forcing you into their questionable decision

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (6 children)

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

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    You do know the two overlap rather consistently from the context of the females' choice in most cultures where it persists, right?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    That doesn't mean they should be conflated.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Only for people with an inability to comprehend rudimentary semantics.

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