I come from a place where they arrange marriages even at birth(!) But the last forced marriage I know was that of my grandparents. So you see we were able to end the cycle in just a matter of one generation because we wanted to. That's why I am not sold to the idea that it's the tradition/culture. We were able to break away from this practice because we simply realized that it's against the law of the land and oppressive to the child.
I come from a place where they arrange marriages even at birth(!) But the last forced marriage I know was that of my grandparents. So you see we were able to end the cycle in just a matter of one generation because we wanted to. That's why I am not sold to the idea that it's the tradition/culture. We were able to break away from this practice because we simply realized that it's against the law of the land and oppressive to the child.