Iranian president urges girls to marry at 16
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some14some
Italian President will be the first to welcome this idea, rest of the world leaders may have their some reservations for now !
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SuperLib
How about personal choice?
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elbudamexicano
Personal choice in a Muslim dictatorship? They just do not go hand in hand. What a mess! First the kill the university students for protesting against their rigged elections and now they want to have the girls barefoot and pregnant by sweet 16? More morons living in the stone ages along with the Taliban etc...
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WilliB
Superlib:
Personal choice for girls in a Sharia country? You must be joking. Actually, the legal limit for marrying off girls is set to 9 years old in Iran; one of the first things that Khomeini passed. (Based on the Sharia, which is based on the life of the prophet).
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LoveUSA
Women have the right to choose; but let us compare Iran and Japan? Maybe Iranian women have more job opportunities and respect than women in Japan. Japanese women at 16 are already in the adult indsustry.
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thetruthhurts
What a dubious claim. In addition, the Japanese government has made no announcement pushing for such a concept. Anyway, do you think Iran should be pushing girls to marry so young? That is the question. I think it is not something that needs to be pushed. You obviously think more lightly about it.
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WilliB
LoveUSA:
No, they don´t. Take a look at Iranian law.
That is a ludicrious claim.
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Jkanda
You seriously are joking.If you have some good friends from Iran who are educated and holding good jobs, then ask them how you feel.
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Jkanda
i meant how they feel.
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goddog
Imagine a Japanese girl getting married at 16? Crazy thought. They might look really cute, but they act like 4 year olds. Don`t Iranian girls go to High School?
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lostrune2
Doesn't Mahmoud realize that the more babies, the younger the population of Iran is, the more liberal anti-establishment it would be?
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Frungy
Obviously you don't live in the countryside in Japan. I was at the local woman's clinic because my kid had a cold and I ran into 3 senior high girls there to visit their friend... who was 17 and upstairs in the maternity ward.
It happens, not sure how common it is and whether I just ran into a single isolated case, but it does happen in Japan.
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lostrune2
Frungy, but is/will she married or slam-bam-thank you ma'am?
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WilliB
lostrune2:
Or the more young, energetic, jihadist martyrs he has, willing to kill and to die for their 72 virgins. It all depends how they are indoctrinated. And you can bet the islamic republic takes care of the indoctrination bit.
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LoveUSA
If you have well educated female friends in Japan, then ask them how they feel. Japan is at the bottom of the list for equal rights of the women, have to research about Iran.
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LoveUSA
Yes I am, but I am sure Iran has more women in high positions than Japan and Iranian women are more intellectual.
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aksksks
FYI girls can legally get married at 16 with parental consent in Japan, United States, Canada and most of European countries.
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hottomales
Well, maybe he did. But is there any special reason why the fact that the man wants to increase the birth rate now was not placed in this paragraph at the beginning? Oh, that have negated the spin. I see.
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Sarge
Not only should girls marry at the age of 16 or 17, they should clean the house and cook the meals whilst they're looking after the kids, lol.
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usaexpat
Hell girls can marry at 9 in the Islamic Republic why wait until 16? This guy is such a nutjob, everything is a Western plot.
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Madverts
"they should clean the house and cook the meals whilst they're looking after the kids, lol."
What is wrong with that part??
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WilliB
LoveUSA:
LOL! And you would have some documentation for backing up this thought of yours, would you? .... no, I didn´t think so either.
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FruitsBasketFan
Iranian women actually outnumber men in universities.
However, when it comes to job equalities.....I think it maybe the same as Japan (Japan is among the lowest out of all developed countries when it comes to gender equality in the workforce).
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bee2005
That's a good thing for men in Iran.
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