Apparently, “bad” is spelled “baad” (not that English transliteration is ever accurate). More information, which may or may not be biased, can be found here, and here.
One of the articles says that some X percentage of Afghan women are “forced” into marriage. It’s not clear how they’re defining “forced” as most Westerners associate “arranged” marriage with “forced”. Marriage still remains very much a business or social transaction among families. In fact, I would venture to say that those who have the luxury of marrying solely out of love are in the minority.
Of course, if you’re forced to marry a guy who doesn’t think you deserve an education and beats the living daylights out of you – well, that’s a whole different story.
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Posted Jun 12th, 2007
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Richard Chen
June 20, 2007
Many blamed America for being wrong when we treated slaves as legal property. Treating women as financial property is much the same. No good.
Adi Braith
August 26, 2007
You don’t know how lucky you are boy. Adi Braith.