Deandra Ebanks

Forced Marriage Law Article

Citation: "Forced Marriages." Bbc.uk. 2014. N. page. Web. 14 June 2014. <http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-27830815>.

URL: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-27830815 

Forced Marriages are becoming a problem in today's society. England has enforced  a new law that is against people being forced into these marriages. Since 2008, courts have been able to issue civil orders to prevent victims that were being forced into marriages. The victims of this particular case consists of Indian, Pakistan and Bangladesh men and women. It has been said that 82% of these people were female, 18% were male and in addition to this 15% were under the age of 15 years old.

In this article the main themes are psychological pressure, saying ‘no’, and domestic slaves. The event occurred because of the creation of a new law in England which is against people being forced into marriages and as a result it has been made an official offence. The event took place to prevent victims from being forced into marriage. Because of this new law you can be sent to prison for five years to prevent people being married against their will.

One of the case studies show that forced marriages are not a good idea. They can be abusive and horrendous. One of the victims mentions that she said told by the mom of her x-husband that she was only there to clean and to be there for her husband at night. She was told by her family members that it was the best thing for her or she would become too modernized. She mentions that she was treated like a prisoner in their house and she wasn't allowed to come out at all. 

They state that alot of this happens because of greed and money which was her case but, sometimes it's just cultural.