Girl forced to marry her uncle

@shedii (1486)
India
March 13, 2007 1:41am CST
Few weeks back, I saw in the news that a girl was forced to marry her uncle. Actually there is a tradition of marring uncle in A.P. And this girl refused to marry her on the day of marriage infront of everybody & it was telecasted by a news channel. When she refused, here dad slapped her & kicked her to make her sit back & continue the marriage. But the girl didn't agree. What do you think about this? Isn't it a crime to force a girl to marry her uncle?
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5 responses
@sumi123 (129)
• India
13 Mar 07
Hey i am also from India and i have heard of this. If the give is major and if she is educated i think she can give a police complaint and then walk out from the home and live her own.(Which is riskly but if she is talented then its fine). I also think if married within relaion the child will have some problem also.
@shedii (1486)
• India
13 Mar 07
Yeh, what you are saying is totally true. Thanks for responding!
@anup12 (4177)
• India
13 Mar 07
Yes indeed it is.No one should be forced for marriage.Marriage is an institution after all.If forcibly the relationship is formed then it will be difficult to stay together for life long.
@villageanne (8553)
• United States
13 Mar 07
Where did this take place? It is so sad that anyone would be forced to marry anyone that they did not choose but a relative is even worse. That poor girl and then for her Father to slap and kick her. She must feel like she is of no value to her father at all. How truely sad
@yana0806 (565)
• Philippines
13 Mar 07
I think we are all given own free will, so we have the freedom to choose, refuse and decide whatever we want! Own free will is our priviledge so we have the right to exercise it!
@reykja (121)
13 Mar 07
It's obviously not ok to force her to marry her uncle, let alone someone she does not love! I've never heard of such traditions before. It's also not good for the family in the long run I think because of the fact that people of the same blood marrying each other, well it depends on how closely related to her uncle she is. I still don't agree with it at all and I hope that the girl got out of it.