Why does the US have so many child brides? - BBC News

[@L.R._Red]

Devastating! I don't understand how anyone, especially a mother, could force this on a child.

[@PrincessNinja007]

Most of the cases I know of (mostly in the 30's and 40's but some today) are either orphans being married off at 15 or 16 to a guy who's 18-22 (which won't be as big a deal when they're 25 and 28) after the death of parents to keep them out of foster care, or girls who get pregnant (and when 13-year-olds are bragging about being knocked up...) and legally sharing their assets means that both parents can support the child they were clearly old enough to make. It protects the mom from being left holding the bag.

[@KRoOoOoZ]

poverty

[@cabizzz3890]

LaReyna DeBachata dumb moms and insane moms would do it

[@abmong]

It's the old crappy way for thinking. "My mother did it to me, it didn't do me any harm"...

[@orangeradishneo]

"legally sharing their assets means that both parents can support the child they were clearly old enough to make. It protects the mom from being left holding the bag." UHM i know you're probably not supporting child marriage at all, but if you think about what you just said, that's kind of fucked up. teenage pregnancy is an epidemic in the U.S, especially with so many states allowed to decide what to teach their students. some barely receive any information about safe sex, and end up with 3 kids by 18 even without their parents forcing them to. schools need to educate kids about how to NOT end up ruining an innocent child's life. bringing a child into the world you cant care for is extremely reckless. you can have a child as young as like, 10, 12 years old depending on the person. no, being old enough to make a child doesnt mean you're old enough to take care of one. that type of thinking is why kids like this get forced into shitty situations, because their parent's didnt know better because THEIR parents had them at 15 years old with no education, passing on decades of misinformation and biased opinions. i hate seeing things like this happen. Some people get angry and offended that teens have sex and end up pregnant, i get offended when they think they're capable enough to raise a child, when they aren't even capable enough to use a condom, birth control pill, iud, the shot, female condom, fucken pulling out, plan B...there are so many options.

[@RebelleGameOfficial]

WTF, so you can't buy tobacco, BUT you can get married?

[@minnesotangaming8966]

Tbh tobacco is a drug and it can kill you married and drugs are kinda ya know different

[@minnesotangaming8966]

Lizzy Ruiz Wood I think you missed the point of my comment I was saying that drugs and married are two different things something more accurate would be maybe house ownership maybe idk point is drugs and getting married at a young age are different things

[@TheMusicalKnokcers]

Minnesotan Gaming in my opinion you are free to consume tobacco if it's your will but the girls are not free to refuse the wedding and moreover they are too young to understand the consequences (if they want to marry). So for me allowing girls to marry with no limit of age is a worst thing than allowing teens to buy tobacco. (And tobaco is quite expensive so it's harder to be addicted when you start)

[@minnesotangaming8966]

TheMusicalKnokcers tobacco is easy to get ahold of for kids because of friends that may have people in their family that use it and then they could convince their friends to do it aswell and also I don’t see what’s so hard to understand about my comment all I was saying is tobacco and getting married at a young age aren’t really the same thing

[@patr6739]

I would rather die of lung cancer at 50 having smoked from when I was a teenager that live my life married to a pedophile, permanently in poverty, with kids I can't look after and no prospects for the future.

[@desktopkitty823]

Almost as soon as I turned 13, my mom told me to drop out of school and get married. My mom never made it past elementary school and got married as a young teen. But even after being in one dysfunctional/abusive marriage after another, it was like she wanted me to follow in her footsteps. I was being raped already by my own dad. I eventually ran away from home, I graduated high school and became the first person in my family to get a college degree. When I finally married I was 30 and married the man I fell in love with. We've been together 15 years now. To this day I am considered an embarrassment in my family and am not welcomed to family gatherings. I was even left out by my family at funerals. This is the part of America people don't know about.

[@annahernandez6385]

It sounds like you are the first successful and intelligent person to come from that gene pool. Congratulations. I mean it.

[@annahernandez6385]

I don't get invited to funerals because I married outside my race. My maiden name is Johnson, if that doesn't tell you how white I am then I don't know what will. I was ostracized as soon as I introduced him to the family. My family is as backwards as yours though, so it is what it is.

[@desktopkitty823]

Ashley Hernandez Thank You

[@desktopkitty823]

Ashley Hernandez My daughter is a mixed race, and we've been approached by strangers who tell us how beautiful she is. One lady told me she has features most women would kill for. And it's because she's a mixed race, no other way anyone can have all those features at the same time. Irish\Scotish\Korean

[@roselychee9644]

I'm so sorry for what you had to go through and I'm glad you're in a better seeming place now, and honestly, it's quite good, in my opinion that you didn't go to any family events, especially considering the heineous acts that had happened. I just hope that rape, paedophilia, child/forced marriages stop happening and that that a happy ending finally happens.

[@ivyimogene]

In other words, legalised rape happens in the USA.

[@tula__]

@Karen Price marriage of a child is just another name for legal rape. Since underage girls are not capable of consent like an adult. Grow up Karen and put that blindfold off of your eyes.

[@zxera9702]

Honestly USA is a disgusting country.

[@oppositionside4567]

@@zxera9702 lol thats what mostly citizen there wanted to be then here we go .. like gov like citizen

[@pepo_pipi]

Hi hi hi don't overreact

[@kiija5354]

I'd call it legalized pedophilia and rape.

[@gabrielerlewine9849]

can't patronize a bar, can't vote, can't have adult rights, but hey you can get married

[@Tr4sh_can34]

Thats murica

[@debbienpeters]

The worse part is that these child bride are not co consider adults, their husband is now their legal guardian. So, let’s say an 11 year old girl is raped by a 20 yr old man and she is pregnant. He marries her and is not have the legal right to make all of her medical decisions, education decisions, ect. So, this 11 yr old can have a baby and be married, but can’t make choices about her own education, about getting birth control, or medication, ect. The rapist makes all of her choices, legally. Let that sink in. The rapist now has all of the power over her and the child and people justify it by saying, “oh, it is what is in the best interest of the baby.” Not the 11 year old, the baby, cause the baby is more important than an 11 year old being raped over and over again by her rapist.

[@asdfghjkl-oo7lv]

@@debbienpeters this happened to my sister... my parents allowed her to get married last year at the age of 16... when we tried to call the cops to bring her home (her husband was abusing her) he said "Yall signed your rights away to him. You cant force her to be home anymore". Now she is pregnant but back with us. This all could have been avoided if my parents didnt let her go.

[@sohamdas7314]

@@debbienpeters how the hell is this a thing in a first world country like america ......I thought shit like this only happens I our country

[@eurodara]

@@debbienpeters in Poland marriage is legal when you're 18 but there is an exception where the jury can allow a girl who is at least 16 (but not 18 yet) in certain circumstances; it is not used often though but there are some cases; the difference between the US is that the moment she gets married, she is legally treated like an adult and can decide about herself (and a baby if there's one) in most legal situations, unless the legal age is literally stated as 18 (Poland is using a civil law, ius civile, where there are statutes and legislation regarding to nearly every situation, judges have to use and obey that law, they can't create a law and precedences themselves; precedences are only sometimes considered in future judgement as an example)

[@roamingmillennial2200]

If a child can't legally enter into a contract until 18 how is it they can legally enter into marriage?

[@lunawolfheart336]

Eli and Jamie C idk but it happens

[@ElpisVictory]

Usually kids can be in a contract if parents consent.

[@hamzadaudali6019]

Because religion

[@angelicahamptonhendrix1386]

The parent can consent. However living in Texas I never knew this was a thing. I never met anyone like this that was from here. I had a friend from Mexico that was married at 15. Like to see this is shocking bc I thought this only happened over seas

[@wellthatsawkward8134]

@@angelicahamptonhendrix1386 what about jerry lee Lewis he married his 13u old cousin

[@maryami.9566]

"More than 200,000 minors were married between 2000 and 2015" Then why the hell is mainstream media not reporting on this??

[@roton2005]

They r not reporting because they r nt Muslim.

[@wildturkey3776]

Dude if a 16 year old wants to get married I don't see the big deal. my mom got married at 16 and was married 32 years.

[@judaiyugo5283]

Hollywood, CNN, the music industry, they all do this shit. As i have stated many times to countless of other people, the West, sadly, have a hidden paedophile culture that we need to destroy. After that, Western culture will be perfect.

[@lecherosadadulce7320]

@@wildturkey3776 It's because these children have been forced into it and basically raped by their spouses.

[@applepie1434]

They are busy middling in the Middle East

[@minhyukismxskey7286]

When I told my asian father that America has lots of homeless people, he wouldn't believe in me, he thought they're rich and educated "power of media"

[@LuminousSpace]

Tell him to watch sime homeless ppl channel

[@QuantumKitty]

It’s really silly to think any country doesn’t have a homeless population. There are rich and poor everywhere.

[@paininmydroid4526]

@@QuantumKitty There is a difference between homeless population and poverty. The US has way more people living on the streets than most poor countries. Why? Simple, most poor countries have strong extended families and they look after one another.

[@aanandax]

my dad thinks the same way, he believes ppl there don’t overwork and party on the weekends, even minimum wage earners lmao

[@mikloscsuvar6097]

Not that poor, not that much without help.

[@Lennongrils]

6 kids by sixteen... My heart just breaks for her.

[@alex699674]

The Kommandant just how ignorant does one need to be to believe that having 6 kids at the age of 16 is a good thing?

[@YouYou-sm8tf]

+The Kommandant PLEASE TELL ME YOU ARE A TROLL right? Every children need to live as children. Getting married can wait when both are adults. Women aren't baby machine. Women deserve a future, choice, living their life fully....And boys as well deserve to live their life well.

[@YouYou-sm8tf]

+The Kommandant LOOL, she was FORCED, it wasn't her choice. There is a reason why children under 18 are protected by the laws when it comes to responsability. Children are children. Being a PARENT NEED WISDOM, RESPONSABILITY and INTELECTUAL MATURITY. We aren't ANIMALS raising ANIMALS. We are HUMANs and need to be able to provide a better future for our children.

[@YouYou-sm8tf]

+The Kommandant THERE IS NO HAPPINESS in getting married at a young age. Even ADULT SEE MARRIAGE AS AN HARD DUTY and a BURDEN. It's the reason why so many people divorce. It's because there is SO MANY MISTAKES. And unless you are smart enough to handle things properly MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SUFFER for many mistakes. Let children BE children. At 20 they have their whole life to have babies and will be able to provide a better future for them

[@hetaliahighschoolhostclub635]

The Kommandant Excuse me, “doting husband”? He was raped her! Did you pay attention to the video at all?! He should be convicted and be in jail right now. Or get maul by a tiger. Also she didn’t get the choice to choose about this, she was forced to. You can’t compare about destroying that poor woman’s future with learning how to swim. Yes, I agree she was a hero, but the bottom line is, she shouldn’t have been marry at that age, and to her rapist as well. That’s just wrong, and I even think her mother have some problems and need to go and see a doctor.

[@carlagarrett3244]

The important statement is she was FORCED into it.

[@hicktownguy2]

if they has an age restriction in that state she wouldnt be forced into it

[@rudra62]

Indeed. Now, tell me again how this is different than sexual abuse of a minor?

[@ivylasangrienta6093]

It's not.

[@margauxngo2275]

Ivy Ruonakoski that is an argument for the courts to decide. Depending on the state the marriage of the minor may be fully legal. Even if the marriage is legal, a husband can be legally punished for raping his wife if the sex was nonconsensual. Sadly, many of these girls are young and do not know their rights nor what is really going on. Their parents "marry" them off without any care for their well-being. These girls are scared and dependent on whoever takes care of them. Remeber when you were 13-16? Even though you thought you were mature, you were still dependent on your parents to take care of food, housing, clothes, etc... that dependency is transferred to the husband. So out of fear, dependency, confusion or whatever, these girls are unsure of how to react to save themselves. Hence why their parents and husbands can take advantage of that and force them to do things that they may not want to do.

[@pilsung26]

Trouble is in the communities these atrocities happen there's no one to turn to for help.

[@mtawali13]

They have a whole beauty show for toddlers, and your surprised about child brides

[@395leandro]

America is a sick country and can be quite disgusting sometimes.

[@Anonymous_Gambito]

Yeah, that shit's creepy

[@AtheneHolder]

@Honeysuckle Blossom facts!

[@Gracegalxc]

America is a strange scary place. I’m so glad I don’t live there.

[@395leandro]

@@Gracegalxc me too! Europe ftw

[@abdullah.a.nahyan]

This is a real part of USA never portrait in Hollywood

[@jayjayjay4788]

Actually the widespread " mother's boyfriend sex-abuse of her kids", and the "perverted uncle"'s sexual abuse along with the Church Priests' child abuse is what Hollywood and Americans don't want the rest of the World to know about

[@SkillUpMobileGaming]

Probably because Hollywood is home to many, many pedophiles and degenerate rapists. Nasty place run by even nastier people, if that's even possible.

[@JeantheSecond]

@@SkillUpMobileGaming This isn’t about Hollywood. This is Idaho. Arkansas. Kentucky. This is America.

[@DTD110865]

Oh, Hollywood has covered this plenty of times.

[@sunheart123]

Why did they cover his face in the photo? That rapist doesn't deserve to have his privacy protected.

[@MarcelaElviraTimis]

sunheart123 , it could be a US thing: balme the victim, not the abuser... or it could be a global issue in patriarchal societies... you know, where men are those who make the rules...

[@schlomoshekelstien6234]

You mean those pesky foreign, non western societies that the left defend?

[@MarcelaElviraTimis]

Schlomo Shekelstien, ... right... like it's not done in the US and other western countries.. give me a break! Why do you think victims are speaking about it long after the deed? Why do you think rapists are at large? I'll give you my theory: in every society where men's opinion counts more than those of women( the whole world, with SOME isolated matriarchal villages) there's no interest in punishing ( for real ) a crime that most in the ruling class ( a.k.a. men ) feel entitled to perpetrate. They also made the fun " lock and key " analogy - do you know it? I bet you do. ( I have a fun one too: " engine and piston " ( it's more complex, and men may not be able/willing to understand it ) which I doubt will ever be accepted...

[@schlomoshekelstien6234]

I'm not denying the fact that rape goes on in the us and western countries, but tell me when was the last time in the us or Western countries rape accusations went uninvestigated or unpunished? As far as I know in the us at least, a woman can even falsely accuse someone of rape, and even if they are exonerated in a court of law, their social status and reputation is completely f#cked because of said accusation

[@MarcelaElviraTimis]

Schlomo Shekelstien ther were a couple of cases where I live, in Italy: girls that were gang-raped and they actually got to see them walk freely... and be mocked by at least one, If I remember well... As for the US...it's half a continent, for crying out loud!... you come to tell me there aren't many rapes? Sadly, that's very unlikely...under-reported? ...well, considering most aren't likely to get justice, they might prefer to suffer in silence than to be humiliated even further...

[@111twilight]

16 with 6 children, OMG!

[@PrincessNinja007]

I knew girls at 17 with 4 children, and not being married didn't stop them. Sometimes marrying the guy after the first is the only way to keep him from skipping town and leaving her with a baby and no way to care for it.

[@doveoo5]

oh, yeah, Planned Parenthood is (according to the current occupant of the White House) evil.

[@TommyT777]

Seeing the "happy" photos makes you think about all the horrifying secrets hidden behind fake smiles and coerced partnerships.

[@TheRazorTongue]

It's simply more common. And the expectations for men and women are different. A lot of these underage girls are married off early to be housewives completely dependent on their husbands. Males are expected to take of their wives and a be provider. Most minor males can't do that. And most parents don't want their sons marrying much older women for various reasons.

[@Fandar]

@@TheRazorTongue And that is very sexist. They won't let their sons get abused or drop out of high school to get married, but they would do that to their daughters. This is proof that females in the US are still oppressed and don't have the same rights as males.

[@Istrianprincess]

Anon Anon how tf is that even possible

[@ankra12]

How can you even be allowed to get married at 13.

[@mrbogdanoff9233]

Their is no minimum age in some states so a 1 year Old could get married

[@faithsmith8114]

The last story the lady was but 11 and her husband 20….😢

[@mikeh8416]

@@mrbogdanoff9233 That's actually incorrect. EVERY state minimum without parental consent is 18. Many states however will allow as young as 16 WITH consent (and most of those require a maximum age gap of no more than 4 yrs).

[@BridgetWalker-xu8sw]

Religion.

[@ankra12]

@@BridgetWalker-xu8sw Horrible.

[@anastasia10017]

how can a married 11 year old make the situation look better ??? it makes the situation look INSANE.

[@wolfcat87]

That was in the 50's. Back then single moms were treated VERY badly. Women paired up, or hid their pregnancies and gave up their babies, or faked being married just to avoid the stigma.

[@Tina06019]

wolfcat87 Actually, I saw her date of birth, she’s my age. Her mother forced her into marriage at age 11 in 1970, not the 1950s. (Just saying.)

[@epif1]

is a cultural thing. Basically, is this idea that a non-virgin would not be as desirable to a potential husband, because a "woman" who has "had a man" outside marriage is a slut, a temptress, evil, easy... . Therefore she would be condemned to public shame and of course blamed for being attacked in the first place ("you provoke him"," the way you talk", "you should have known better," blah blah blah). Additionally, given the year, in general a woman had less option in terms of work and education to support herself, therefore getting a husband became the crucial option to supposedly avoid hardship and ostracism.

[@feyrol42]

Maybe she was religious. In the Bible the 'punishment' for rapists is a fine paid to the father and marrying your victim. Her mother was probably an extremist who thought it would be 'sinful' to let her daughter lose her virginity as an unmarried person. It's disgusting tbh

[@JaspreetSinghArtist]

so they always bark about asian countries but rarely talk about west . this not just an issue of asian countries , i think happening almost everywhere .

[@judaiyugo5283]

Jaspreet, as a native Briton. I agree. Behind the lands of milk and honey in the West, there's a hidden culture amongst the elite. This is a paedophile culture, Hollywood and the music industry specifically are big into it. Watch these videos on youtube - Sun Sea and Satan by Pie n Mash and also Jimmy Saville and the 9th circle by Redpill Phil. This goes on, because the populations of the West are so conditioned, we only listen and see what we like to listen and see. And when we see something paedophilic in 3rd world countries, we always have a "it would never happen to us" attitude. Because as nations, we've become oblivious to anything and everything that we don't want to hear, which is why there are hate speech laws in Europe. They're slowly making it all normal to society.

[@ariannahope2143]

Not in Canada 🇨🇦

[@ItashaDutt]

@@ariannahope2143 you just don't know anything about it

[@ariannahope2143]

Itasha Dutt what are you talking about

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

Arianna Hope Canada is Brit owned so it’ll be paedos galore in Canada

[@tick-tackgirl335]

we shame girls for getting pregnant at 16, yet its ok to get married at 13 and have kids at 15

[@mcmonouncle3492]

It isn't ok to be pregnant at 15 or 18, let alone be married at thirteen. We give more attention to 16 year old pregnancies because they occur more commonly. What's your point?

[@glimtglimt]

no...how does this video say that it’s ok?

[@AskMiko]

I think her point is "just because" a person is married, Americans silence their judgement about teen pregnancies. If a 15 and 17 year-old got married and had a kid, although it is wrong, most Americans would say "at least they are married." The societal conditioning that marriage and kids go together regardless of age could be why so many child marriages happen. If a 15 year old says she is married, many don't ask the age of the husband. We likely assume he's just as young as her... not that he could be 30!

[@shrishtichauhan9550]

Yess so true that's what a male dominated shitty society iss

[@shrishtichauhan9550]

@@Epic-so3ek you get married at 8 and give as many children you want but please don't impose your shitty shit illogical thi gs on oders

[@lucigirl17]

I was 20 scared to tell my parents I was dating a 30 year old, I just can't imagine how as a parent this is okay to you, I'm just disgusted. At the hands of the people who are supposed to protect you is another kind of hurt

[@justinzhang9935]

Never shall an adult need to ask for pemission from parents before someting legal.

[@justinzhang9935]

Just consider carefully and take your own responsbility.

[@owlright7524]

Yet America continues to point at other countries. How laughable!

[@_rhyolite4260]

This stuff rarely happens. Plus, don’t judge all of us when it’s the crazy ass south doing all of that.

[@milascave2]

smartest: We would like to think. But Idaho is not in the south. (It does have a high concentration of white supremacists, though.)

[@porkcutlet3920]

SmartestDumbyYouWillEverMeet America needs to first solve its own problems before doing anything else. For instance, why is America donating so much money overseas when poverty is still not resolved in America?

[@judaiyugo5283]

Laughable? This in America is disgusting. Do you know what else is disgusting? The fact that for 40 years children across our country, the UK, have been raped, abused, abducted and in some cases murdered, and no one sounded the alarm. Also, Somali child marriage has risen by 100%, Somali men fly from the UK to Somalia with a Girl, to get married. Yeah, we're not in a position to laugh at America, when we are just as bad, if not worse.

[@josephstalin9357]

This is really rare

[@stephaniecasper7578]

If you aren’t old enough to be trusted to sign your own permission slips, you aren’t old enough to make the decision to get married. If people were allowing emancipated minors to get married, that would be one thing, but putting them in the most adult situation with the most adult responsibilities in life without giving them the legal rights of an adult is insane. It defies all logic.

[@debbienpeters]

Stephanie Casper And this is part of the problem, cause when that 11 year old was. Arrived to her rapist, he became her legal guardian. He decided her medical and educational choices. The irony is that these girls are married off at a young age, but can’t even file for divorce because they are not of majority age. I don’t think a lot of people realize this.

[@ilovekevingates6969]

Damian Furrer Boy what?? You sound so dumb please shut up

[@NoName-up5kw]

Welcome to America! Is this your first visit to the good ole US of A? Wha? You say that your an American? That's interesting. So why have you and the hundreds of millions of other Americans allowed child marriage to continue? Each and everyday you and everyone else has the opportunity to help put an end to it all. Or does it feel better sitting on ass playing the "blame/complain/shame game instead?" Either way, we're all responsible because as human beings we all represent humanity.

[@PLAYSTATIONGUYGaming]

Ya'll need Shariah Law; it's the best Law in the world.

[@myman8336]

In america kids are apparently old enough to decide if they're a boy or girl as well and encourage by their parents to deforme their bodies.. 😕 We should be speaking up about all this..

[@PlsWaLuigiDomMe]

People always talk about this happening in the middle east and africa and neglecting that it is happening in their own backyard

[@wildturkey3776]

So what you're saying is you have to be perfect to tell people to stop doing wrong ?

[@yourmailishere]

@@wildturkey3776 no its more like maybe fix your own problems before judging others for the same shit.

[@sadiyaibrahimsadiya1440]

😮😮😮😮😮so isn't that they said is only Muslim country doing chald marriage

[@mowana1232]

My home country Germany changed the law in 2017. People can only get married if they are 18 years or older, no exceptions. Before it was possible to marry with 16 under certain circumstances. I firmly believe that setting the age of marriage so that only legal adults can marry is the only right choice. All other options open the door to possible abuse of minors.

[@zhuangjoy2645]

In China the age limit is 20 for women and 22 for men. This is why even many girls from the most impoverished areas are strongly encouraged to go to college first, then marry.

[@miarabea401]

@@zhuangjoy2645 interesting! Why is it different for men and women?

[@zhuangjoy2645]

@@miarabea401 A cultural thing I guess. There's been a 2-year age gap since the Imperial dynasties (men 15, women 13). Even in regions like Hong Kong and Taiwan, it's 18 for men and 16 for women. The Chinese tend to prefer older husbands who are deemed more mature and able to financially support the wife. My parents are 8 years apart, my maternal grandparents 7 years.

[@skyvallone]

You should be at least 18 to get married. Enough said.

[@wolfcat87]

No, there are many instances of teen pregnancies where forcing a mom to be a single mom is far more barbaric for herself and her child.

[@PrincessNinja007]

What if you're under 18 and pregnant? I knew a 13-year-old who straight-up bragged about getting knocked up

[@carultch]

Getting married isn't really necessary for the situation. If the biological father wants to help in-person, there are ways of arranging it without legally tying the two people to each other. Let them cohabitate until they are 18, and then decide to get married. We already have laws that hold the biological father financially responsible, even if he doesn't want to remain in the company of the mother and child.

[@scaredstiff7176]

+Rickrollingman But most teens don't want to go through the trauma. Also, it is pretty expensive to have an abortion.

[@TheMaru666]

Ciara.Chaya with 13 years old , you should be with your parents . The dad , or his family if he ia also minor , can help , but she will be way better with her parents than married

[@sundayf.298]

America: (problem) Government officials: Oh that’s okay but look at this other country they’re bad

[@janedoh2321]

Sadly many of the US citizens also prefer to point fingers at other countries instead of fixing the problems within our own. Crazy..

[@moki9079]

Jane Doh Thank our orange president for doing practically nothing to help us. What could we do, all democracy does is let us vote. Also blame every reporter out there, doing their jobs as shitty as they ever could!

[@janedoh2321]

@@moki9079 i agree with you to some extent. But the people have more power than they believe and are equally responsible. We cant blame problems that exited prior to his presidency on him. Its the peoples fault. We chose to fall for their bullshit everyday. Its a personal choice how we spend our lives.. one can chose to be part of the problem or part of the solution. And right now most US citizens are choosing to be part of the problem.

[@alihittraining415]

I used to live in mid east and in a muslim country and tell you what actually girls had to grant the marriage otherwise marriage wouldn't happen though there were some marriages practised without the self consent of female spouse it was considered by some religious people as something bad

[@sourdoe804]

This is so abstract, I live in Europe and my mind is blown how uncivilised America can be :O

[@jacobesplin9301]

meg thor I mean I’m not gonna say we don’t have some things about us which suck, but a lot of the people I’ve seen bash on the US just seem really self superior, every country will have problems, especially with a population as large and relatively diverse as that of America, but I’m with you that we shouldn’t just blindly yell Merica and act like it’s all great.

[@xxfidgetcraftxx3620]

These are laws that no american ignores, there is never coverage.

[@sourdoe804]

@kimmie6209 Please, go to a psychiatrist.

[@ttstts8001]

It is uncivilised, let's be honest

[@lilegg301]

@kimmie6209 by the way you're ranting on like that kinda just explains how we, from different countries look at you in that way.

[@annarizvi7562]

Because they busy calling us the third world 😑 deal with your own issues instead of poking nose in other countries matters 😐😐😐

[@Helperbot-2000]

They just want your oil

[@tapsars7911]

I come from India which is a less developed country than America and even we hv a minimum age for marriage for women ie eighteen yrs .

[@koorka]

We do have the law, at least. But millions of girls in rural areas are forced to marry as soon as they hit puberty. Laws alone don't help. But the government does have a child helpline on which everyday children or others call to report impending marriages, and officials are able to stop some. But parents and society are devious and they get the children married at night. And once married, the union is held legal despite the legal age for marriage being 18 for women and 21 for men.

[@spartangoku7610]

Thank you for telling us this about India! My opinion of India is now positive. It was neutral before.

[@spartangoku7610]

Julia A ok, back to neutral.

[@rickardkaufman3988]

My great grandmother got married at 17 and lived for 93 years before leaving this mortal coil 7 years ago. Even still, India at least is better at recognizing that child marriage is not okay and America is like, "If it's the law, it's the law."

[@ashutoshsharmash]

@@spartangoku7610 So child marriage in India is illegal... The age was pushed around 10 years back to 21 years for both men and women. It also became legally harder and more enforced to have child marriages. This lead to a drop from 46% back in 2005 to now less than 3% in 2015-16 and that has fallen even more. However the number of people getting married between the ages of 18 to 21 is still at around 26% as of 2015-16. Also, what the last person said about the police being corrupt and letting it happen, may have been true in the early 2000s. Now not so much. The law is enforced and enforced strictly. And it has to be, because there are non governmental organizations that work in cohesion with the government to ensure rules are being followed and stuff like this doesnt happen. The beauty of living in a democracy is, press freedom and when stuff like this comes out into the open, heads roll. I would like to point out, that it also has alot to do with religion. Child marriages which were once the norm amongst Hindus back in early 20th century and even later, are now looked upon as a social taboo. Women are far more empowered in the Hindu community and even more so in the Sikh, Buddhist and Christian community. The Muslim community though, is a different beast all together. Child marriages are still prevalent amongst Muslims (not all, but a few), they are harder to detect and if prosecuted by the law, they'll complain of minority segregation and selective targeting of Muslims, which will ironically draw condemnation by Human rights groups and Amnesty International. And well, ever since Muslim migration to Europe increased, child marriages have now become the norm in places like the UK and most of Western Europe.

[@noopursaxena7569]

What is wrong with human race across-the globe

[@lmquan082]

noopur saxena still very much human. It's a trait: diversity. Some are so old-schooled that having grandchildren and grand-grandchildren and even more is bliss and honor

[@Gameworks1407]

noopur saxena Religion, greed and hypocrisy mostly.

[@zahlen_0092]

well we've invented toilets, aircon, skyscrapers, etc, the humans are just as bad in some aspects as they are good in other aspects.

[@mahamkhan792]

Genuinely thought this kind of thing only happened in third world countries. Sickening.

[@asdfghjkl-oo7lv]

Happens a lot here... sadly. Happened in my own home.

[@lampshadethisforshadowthat923]

Half the USA is a third world country

[@keitoimon]

@kimmie6209 how did you come to the conclusion that the USA, which by first world country standard has a ridiculously high crime rate, is the most civilized country in the world ?

@kimmie6209 It doesnt happen in every country in the world. It is rare in Europe. It isnt natural for an 11 or 13 year old to enter into a monogamous lifelong relationship with an adult man.

[@yourlocalrat891]

Actually, in a third world Caribbean country people that rape children under 13 get the death penalty.

[@TheSapphire51]

Unbelievable. That just says it all about America, misogyny and child abuse.

[@kiddomadeit8634]

Lol. Yeah guys don't tell sapphire what happens in other countries. Shhhh. The us is the worst😉🤭. Google how oftent women in India all ages get abused. And Google if in that abuse how often it's multiple men.👀 America the worst doiiiii

[@RealWomenRealStories]

Yet USA would criticise other nations for this behaviour. Need to get their house in order!

[@Tina06019]

Married at 11 ?! Was her mother freakin’ insane?

[@Billpro25]

Nope. She was simply a heartless B!

[@stevestadel9400]

Completely no doubt!

[@FaeiryneFaun]

@Damian Furrer what context would it not be insane for an 11 year old to get married regardless of biology wtf

[@fan-ep6ku]

What is wrong with you? Are you being sarcastic? You can not be seriously thinking it is a good idea to let an 11-year-old child marry her rapist. This is nuts. @Damian Furrer

[@gabrielaviannawerneck7513]

Damian Furrer I’m going to assume you are a troll. It’s a disgusting mindset that you have.

[@moniquemarie17]

I always thought, until rn, that when teens married early in this country, it was them asking for permission, not the parents forcing them. #naive

[@wolfcat87]

It usually is a teen asking. The vast majority of teen marriages are teen to teen. Don't trust media when they will happily twist the truth to create a frenzy.

[@michaelt.5672]

wolfcat87 Laws are not there to prevent the 99 times something doesn't go wrong, they are there to prevent the one time it does. The concept of underaged marriage is widely used by teens who want to get married, but it also provides a legal framework for parents to pressure their children into marriages that they shouldn't be in. This is a descision that will impact the rest of your life farther than any other descision. And thus it has to be legally impossible for anyone to make this choice for you. Not even your parents.

[@njuguna01]

It doesn't matter. It shouldn't be legal in the first place, whether permission is granted or not. A person can't legally drink until they are 21 but they can marry and get married even before they've had their first period? C'mon America. You can do better.

[@ishanbansal3990]

wolfcat87 yup Christianity and first world is good

[@freedomstar3930]

Trump: “America is the greatest country on earth” What a liar he is. DOWN WITH CHILD MARRIAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@zoomermench6563]

Same with gay marriage

[@kiddomadeit8634]

​@@zoomermench6563down with gay marriage

[@Mr_-Heisenberg]

And they look down upon 3rd world country with child marriage. At least those countries have laws against child marriage. Here it's legal #smh

[@wolfcat87]

They don't obey the laws and still have rates of over 50%, and we rarely use this helpful legal loophole. The loophole is to allow teens to marry each other if one becomes pregnant and they do not want to be single parents. It's so rarely done, and it's even more rarely abused. Most Americans do not even know it is possible. Have you seen statistics for single mothers and how they and their children suffer for life? It's not religion at all in this case.

[@ssah7594]

Duh...Not really.50% is a lot.In 3rd World Countries only POOR marry their daughters at young age.

[@nickowen4131]

2 people can care for their child and not be married.

[@bobmag5058]

Yes!

[@elastrorey5722]

From all the listed countries that don't allow child marriage, ironically are the countries with the biggest child marriage rates in the world. Politics and laws does not equate reality.

[@matsu3575]

I know two girls in high school that are getting forced to marry, it’s very sad, they have talked to our schools counselor for help, and she said that she would try and help with the problem. If they get forced to marry, they have to go to their home countries and marry whoever.

[@matsu3575]

Tamika Jones I’m just stating I have two girls in my school that have to get married, and yes they are American, they are legal. I only know one of the girls is legal, I’m not so sure about the other one. If shit like that didn’t happen, why would they make a documentary?

[@al_exists]

That's just wrong!

[@kimo386]

Disgusting practices... stupid traditions and religions.

[@ivanivan5511]

What was the age of those girls and by then future husbands? And do you know why they were being force to get married?

[@momsspaghetti-sd9sn]

I'm so sorry for them 😢

[@disneyprincessintraining2725]

I’m going to start lobbying to ban all marriages under 18 in the state I live in. This is unacceptable. I don’t care if someone’s pregnant or what, nobody under the age of 18 should be allowed to marry or be married off by parents with terrible judgement.

[@jacobesplin9301]

Alex Larson Idk know about all, I think that the key here is forced. I think too that anyone who is getting married earlier than 18 voluntarily and under no pressure should really consider what they are doing but I don’t know that they should necessarily be stopped. Especially with pregnancy in the mix I think if you are going to raise a child then you should probably be able to make such decisions for yourself (although at that point I think they legally are considered emancipated minors so there might be some legal distinctions there anyway)

[@lyn4670]

I agree 💯 !

[@zero5496]

its not gonna work dear, US officials don’t attack on the subject because of what they so called religious rights, but in reality it’s more like a privileged for pedophile rich people, government will not change this stupid policy even when they are almost going to be the only nation left doing it, cuz even more and more countries is banning this the states willing to turn a blind eye

[@AlexRie1987]

Hey baby

[@priyankasoni3753]

@Kleo wrong you are god permitted sex before 18 for women bcz they are developing their organs but due to their body not fully developed i and science will call it weak for reproduction prior 18 can lead death under medical lanquage and nature or medical science bieng creatad by god

[@sleries9weare185]

Never heard of this side of USA , it's not the country that I imagined it to be as they always talks about human rights

[@carolleenkelmann4751]

A country is as good as you are prepared to put into it or to put up with it. Too much unrestrained power in the hands of a select few with very personal interests corrupts society. If you do not like it educate yourself and agitate for reform, but not be throwing Molotov cocktails.

[@mariashigwedha3765]

me too...first time ...just came across the video and had to click on it out of ....curiosity....

[@vegaslights1681]

I thought it was illegal in the us?

[@tonysam1955]

It has NEVER been illegal in the U.S., and politicians are resistant to outlawing the practice. Since most of these marriages involve pregnancy, politicians believe these shotgun marriages, as they were once called, were much better than the girl not marrying the father. Never mind that the vast majority of these marriages end in divorce.

[@carultch]

Most states require that both members be 18 or older in order to get married with their own agency. Under 18, and a parent's consent or judge can allow it in spite of the people in the couple not being legally old enough to decide for themselves. Often times, not only is the parent consenting to the marriage, but the parent is the one demanding that the teen be married, even against the teen's own wishes, due to a teenage pregnancy and antiquated ideas of what the "right thing to do" is.

[@KenjaTimu]

The BBC just likes to make America look bad so they can feel better about the EU. The stagnating economy and the disaster of the EURO and the FACT that America has much higher GDP/capita than any country in the EU. Its Mormons, they marry young. They still practice polygamy in secret. What do you want us to do? Kill them all?

[@carultch]

The Mormon church's official policy is actually against polygamy, and has been since 1890. But indeed there are people who practice polygamy in secret, both Mormon and other religions.

[@KenjaTimu]

+carultch - Yes, its their official policy. It was changed because of pressure from the United States government and many ignored it and some continue to do so to this day.

[@jordannapier9337]

People saying that they were unaware of this problem. I don't know what bubbles you're living in, but here in Kentucky this is a relatively common practice. Many pregnant girls end up married here before the age of 18 as a way to preserve the family unit, values and reputation. My great grandmother was 14, my grandmother 17, my mother 19, my best friend's mother 15 or 16. Granted we were one of the dark red states on that map, but it is a prevalent problem and one more common in religious and conservative communities.

[@remingtomi8212]

Nothing like preserving values by forcing marriage to possible pedophiles...

[@lonitbonit5618]

There weren't any girls getting married when they got pregnant around me growing up, but there was a horrifying number of girls (13+) getting pregnant by older men (20+) and nothing being done about it because the girls claimed love. A close friend of mine had her first child at 14 by a 23 year old. Her mother just went with it and was pissed off when he skipped out on my friend once he found out she was pregnant. Her entire family was a long list of babies having babies. Her grandmother was only 2 years older than my mother and my friend wasn't even the oldest kid in her family. She signed my year book that year with "I'm so glad you know better".

[@lynnjohnson1239]

Conservative Republican Christians pushing babies to have babies. Then pushing them on welfare to help raise all those kids when the guys leave them to go get some younger stuff. That's family values alright!

[@Nitrogenmonoxid]

Sherry Evenhuis why is this even happening so much? Ain't parents supposed to watch after their kids and not leave them alone, espessially with any adult dudes around?? Why the hell they don't use condoms?

[@bigstick5278]

Jordan Napier:::; Kentucky in some places is still in the back woods, Look back way back it was necessary. Your life expectancy was at the least 45 years old and you had to sustain yourself and your family on the farm. Getting married at 10 or 12 wasn't uncommon back then. Sort of continues with the notion one needs a large family to survive. Look at Catholic families especially with Hispanics. Live long and prosper i guess? It's not a necessity anymore but it continues.

[@Laaaalala11]

The story of the woman who got married at eleven made me cry. How can parents do something like this to their child.

[@vastyllita]

Omg! I was not allowed to date until 17 And at the age of 13 i was playing barbies.

[@driftingmelodies]

Me too

[@du3604]

At the age of 13 i did not even know full form of BF

[@sgt.jackson1795]

@Kleo Dude there is nothing wrong with that. My sister still plays barbies at 24.

[@hassaniqbal7934]

You belong to a backward society, in truth girls should get married as soon as they have their first period and be pregnant before their second period. Just joking.

[@chogiwa1211]

@@hassaniqbal7934 lol I was about to throw a fist 😂

[@zacnieprawisz9171]

Why are those always girls with grown men, never boys with grown women? 🤐

[@tharnstonewall2005]

There are, you just never here about it, because pointing it out is sexist.

[@the-qf2bv]

@@tharnstonewall2005 No, people just don't hear about it because It's not as common. Nobody says pointing out a womans crime is "Sexist"...

[@tharnstonewall2005]

@@the-qf2bv Nope, its sexist to suggest those Angel's are capable of crimes.

[@the-qf2bv]

@@tharnstonewall2005 Nobody really thinks like that besides 40 year old women who use twitter daily just to argue with kids but ok

[@tharnstonewall2005]

@@the-qf2bv The point is people do believe it! Doesn't matter I'd they are 40 year old women. Someone's always stupid enough to believe it.

[@leylaaliyeva1552]

Angel's so called mother does not even deserve to be called a "Mother" Say what you want but this is plain wrong!First son when she was 15?!What?! I am 16 years old and even the term of relationship,love, boyfriend terrifies me.I can't imagine her struggle!Preach to her for staying so strong!

[@factsverse9957]

Don't you want to have a boyfriend? It terrifies you? Not everyone is like that.

[@zoomzoom103]

@@factsverse9957 And not everyone wants a boyfriend/girlfriend when they're a teenager, so what?

[@thefaerieprincessfromhell666]

@@zoomzoom103 yeah, exactly.

[@eliesh3833]

@@zoomzoom103 I completely agree. I'm a Seventeen (almost Eighteen) year old, and not even I am that interested in dating either. I don't think it's fair to pressure people into relationships they don't want.

[@theaccountwashackedbycriminals]

You don't worry, she wanted boyfriend not marriage. It's okay if it was sane friendship. Her mother turned it to marriage? Crossing everyborder, accusing the mother, She is responsible. Don't talk as you please to promote adultery and suck women into sexual immorality. She and her children are beautiful. Her mother is great, she wanted what? Stop these. She can study and work and opt great life. She is not old.

[@YayoLife]

Surprise us more, US.

[@gggg-ui1vf]

There's more child marriages in the UK than in the US.

[@Andyatl2002]

It's legal in most states for domestic abusers to own a gun in the US

[@viridianz]

Andrea Yanome Links?

[@viridianz]

Andrea Yanome www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/27/supreme-court-guns-domestic-violence-abuse-clarence-thomas/86353402/ There were many things wrong with the video like that background checks are required in all 50 States, not just the ones that she showed and domestic abuse has to be reported in order for it to show up.

[@Andyatl2002]

Beatrice, you can often get guns from gun shows of private sellers, without getting a single background check...*

[@tanithjane2107]

I'm shocked! I had no idea this could happen in a civilized western country. The law needs to change to protect children. No child can be expected to make a life decision like marriage. It takes maturity and experience to know who you want to place the rest of your life in the hands of.

[@Anayaah421]

My god... I'm 19 and I can't even imagine this happening to me. I have classmates who got married at 14. It's just terrible :'(

[@momsspaghetti-sd9sn]

I'm so sorry for them 😢

[@velmavelvet2263]

She's only 26. She can still be the person she wants to be.

[@guccideltaco]

IKR? I think she is still stuck in a culture that tells her she can't be anything but a wife and mother, though, because she is w/ husband #2 and also had children w/ him. I wonder, once her 1st marriage ended & she had 3 kids, why she didn't decide to wait to have more children until she had been able to accomplish some things for herself....

[@lunawolfheart336]

She's still scared for life tho

[@englishdept.uchana1646]

it's easy to say but hard to become ..

[@RK-ep8qy]

Velma Velvet seeing as how you make major life choices in your teens, and being stripped of them has damaged her growing up as a normal child. Being 26 is not the same as going back to being 14 or 15 and I know that because I'm 17 and I could not act like I did at 14 and reshape my life by making those choices again at 17 because making them as a 14 year old is what shaped me. You can't rewind time. She was forced to have sex at an age where teens only begin to understand sex and their body. They were robbed of so much and it makes me sick.

[@4f52]

The only thing she can be is a corpse, women with no education? Housewife or useless trash.

[@hanssinaga747]

Interesting.. This is probably one of the sides of US that I didn't know.

[@iknowyoubetter2028]

Hans Christian just 3-4 states

[@deanadam8948]

@@iknowyoubetter2028 cheap point, really trying hard aren't ya

[@iknowyoubetter2028]

@@deanadam8948 It can be solved if out of 50 states there is so less

[@deanadam8948]

@@iknowyoubetter2028 pal the fact this happening in US is a total shame to American society, you can't tell people how to run their affairs that's for sure

[@iknowyoubetter2028]

@@deanadam8948 it can change

[@lovestar2727]

Poor girls, parents should encourage them to make their career.

[@glom168]

They should encourage them to get a good education to be able to choose to do whatever they want to.

[@marcooosbibendorsht1334]

Goddamit Alabama

[@garfieldsdad5640]

Marcus Badenhorst mood

[@yeetusfetusdeletus7992]

Big oof

[@phana3922]

Very sad truth.

[@thesorrentosmoon4693]

A very sad and disgusting truth! l am Australian l am mortified!

[@KenjaTimu]

Please. Its not that big of a deal. Its a few religious weirdos in the middle of nowhere in a HUGE country. What do you want us to do? Kill them? Put them in prison? Laws are not going to stop them. Its a deeply held religious belief. What would you say if we did send out the military to round them all up? I highly doubt it would be 'Hooray for America'.

[@bhk110]

The Sorrentos Moon Most of these family members of Child brides are religious nut wings in cults. The US needs to stop protecting religion at the expense of individuals' physical and mental well being.

[@thesorrentosmoon4693]

@bhk110: The only way the US Government will be able to do anything is when your Political System separates Religion from State, and l don't think that is going to happen anytime soon. The US Constitution and the Bill of Rights actually put a full stop at the end, which gives even further protection. In Australia, trust me if this was happening, it would be found out and every adult would be arrested who is involved in it and jailed. The children would be taken from them, also any other children they have, and they would Not be seeing those children again. When the children become of age, if they wish to visit their parents, they would be adults, but, at least they would have been de-briefed out of that mentality. They would have lived normal lives, and if they did want to see their parents? They may be talking to them on a phone with glass in between while they are still rotting in jail.

[@KenjaTimu]

What? Because they're marrying young? That is insane. Who is going to take care of those kids? Nobody in their right mind wants to take care of other people's children. They'd be better off marrying young than be taken care of by the government. People have married young for thousands of years.

[@waxcree]

I don't understand, the US calls itself a developed nation, but shouldn't that mean it puts a safe society, good moral conduct, and a high 'gross happiness index' above a sound economic system?

[@ciaracummings7027]

If you truly think this is a widespread problem,you're sadly mistaken and misguided by your naivete.Most judges aren't going to allow this either.

[@remingtomi8212]

Yeah this isn't very common, but I do agree we've got shitty ways of doing some things

[@bigstick5278]

Vaibhav Ranjith::::Moral values? Man that went with the first Mac computer. Entertainment business is void of it. Who listens to the Pop entertainment artist today? It's fed to young girls on a daily basis be sexy be hot and great things will come to you.. It's a plot to turn young adults into stupid sloths.

[@ankitpandey3312]

Ciara Cummings lol time to wake up

[@thamilini9436]

Hypocrisy is the word you'e looking for. USA, as known for a long time, are experts in this area. They KNOW this is wrong, no need to question that when they will go the extra mile to point out relativaly mild flaws in the laws of other countries, but they're to stubborn to change themselves, the world has to follow them and not the other way around. They will not bow to their apparently "stupid" morals and ethics.

[@stephenp.6395]

The ad before the video was a "Back to School" event. Irony at it's finest.

[@ateanorange]

Sometimes I wish that I was born an alien and never knew about a planet called earth .

[@adreamyperson9908]

I wish I was born an alien and lived in earth and never heard of something called human

[@CEO786]

I wish I was born in an earth and lived inside of a human and never heard of something called an alien!

[@FreedoPan]

I seriously wish sometimes for an armageddon, this world is too filthy to be cleaned up. The innocents always will suffer and scums will thrive. History just repeats. Obviously, I don't want this to happen, but our world is lost, I am realistic here.

[@myman8336]

Who says you're not already an alien but don't know it..? -_-)

[@ThothTheAtlanteanK]

Hahahaha 😂. Agreed! Earth is a prison planet.

[@Lainlein]

waaait so is it actually legal for them to have sex at lets say 13 and 20 years out but outside of marriage that's child abuse?!

[@petrpetrov7678]

Yep, even 15 years old brides - 30,31,43 years old groom seen in statistic of just 1 state (many states don't keep statistics on groom/bride age.)

[@wolfcat87]

Petr is misinformed. That age difference is not allowed to marry in most states unless the female is already pregnant. The loophole is to allow teens to marry each other if one becomes pregnant and they do not want to be single parents. It's so rarely done, and it's even more rarely abused. Most Americans do not even know it is possible. Have you seen statistics for single mothers and how they and their children suffer for life?

[@PrincessNinja007]

The law for sex is >18 (16 at the lowest), or no more than 4 years age difference. Even then I'm pretty sure that's just to protect kids who started dating as teens, so that it doesn't become a felony when one turns 18 and the other is still 17

[@ThatSocratesguy]

Lainlein Wait what, from where did you get it is legal for 13 and 20 to have sex? Where did it say that?

[@neonovember3072]

And i think its allowed to get married at like 15,16 but illegal for them to file for divorce until 18 or with parents consent which is dumb because its usually the parents forcing the child

[@Imtiredofyourbs]

It's amazing how time zones can different so much! While it's 11pm in Germany, it's medieval ages in US

[@BloodRider1914]

We're behind Zimbabwe in development. That's great

[@chengliu872]

What tf are you talking about? If that was the case, why don't you move there. I'll even pay your relocation costs.

[@BloodRider1914]

@@chengliu872 In the context of the video

[@jasonlee8156]

@BloodRider 14 Unlike Zimbabwe I haven't heard any cases where the government has stepped in and confiscated farms from whites and handing them over to blacks who don't know anything about agriculture. That is here in the U.S. The regime of president Mugabe is a dictatorship and racist towards whites. They created their own economic hardship by stealing farms from thier rightful owners and handing them over to people who don't even know how to run them. Zimbabwe may or may not have underage marriages but I seriously doubt that this country is any example of real development. If so why is it such a pisspoor 3rd world nation? From I have read this country was actually better economically and politically when it was run by the white regime of Ian Smith. Then it was known as Rhodesia. This country has declined in quality after Mugabe took over. So it's a damn poor example of development. More a real case of degeneration.

[@BloodRider1914]

@@jasonlee8156 First of all, Mugabe isn't in power anymore. Second of all, again, in the context of the video. We're behind Zimbabwe in this element of development

[@spartangoku7610]

Jason Lee the thing with the farms did happen in America, it was after the Civil War.

[@niharikapasricha5346]

ironic how they mock Asian countries,some of which hv set age limits

[@the-qf2bv]

nobody really mocks Asian countries but go off i guess

[@zephy8002]

Think OP meant South Asia and the Middle East, both of which are in Asia.

[@teriyaki_chicken]

who are “they” because I live in America and never have mocked any country for this

[@carlosmarte3154]

Jupiter Astronaut The reports about Asian child brides are all over the internet.

[@carlosmarte3154]

NIHARIKA PASRICHA Most US states don’t have laws against minors marrying because there is a legal argument to be made about the state interfering with personal freedom...not that I agree with it, but we’re kind of big on that here.

[@sherenfaruka3234]

LOL... PEOPLE ARE SO IGNORANT... u always talk about other countries specially middle eastern one to have this, have that etc... BUT when its in your one Everyone instead of trying to fix it points fingers.. The ignorance here is amazing Ps: if u say they dont represent most american people, the same goes to other countries...!

[@johngreene8988]

Don't call people ignorant when you begin a sentence with LOL to describe a serious problem in US, and use 'u' as a substitute for 'you.' Who's the ignorant one now?

[@johngreene8988]

Mukamvy yes I am, and why did you use u & r as substitutes for the words?

[@mfstarr1]

Dictionary lol child brides are not common place like they are making it seem lol

[@apathak34]

You should be happy sister Sheren that USA is following the example of Prophet Mohammed by allowing child marriage. Alhamdulillah

[@hazelfy9264]

Abhishek Pathak like it isn't already a norm like, idk, EVERYWHERE in the past

[@ulferiksen4583]

This is crazy. How can this be legal in the USA???

[@TheHauntedKiwi]

Republicans

[@eggytoast]

Look up Metzitzah B'peh which involves blood sucking... That's also legal

[@Great_WesternTVFan]

Tradition.

[@indeterminableentertainmen2327]

Democrats

[@alexandrastrauser5538]

youd be suprised

[@rocketraccoon77]

The best country in the world? I don't think so.

[@bjarkecarlsen6619]

The pedophile dream!

[@blazednlovinit]

No one said it was.

[@rocketraccoon77]

blazednlovinit Americans say it everyday and out loud.

[@starbrander]

Then Don't Come Here, We Got Enough Losers....

[@rocketraccoon77]

Sam Fyrestarter i know you even put one in the white house

[@pinkdiamond1958]

What is the point in this?! It ruins your child childhood! If my parents tried to make me do that I would straight up run away. And why is this legal?! I swear this makes “mother knows best!” Look like bullshi*!

[@debbienpeters]

Pink Diamond often I have heard that in the issue of the 11 yr old being raped and them married to her rapist is because it is in the best interest of the baby to have two parents. Seriously, put the kid up for adoption, abuse an 11 yr old mother and a predator rapist father really can’t be a good home environment for any baby.

[@debbienpeters]

Oh and many times judges will sign off on the marriage, like, oh he raped you, well okay her is your marriage certificate.

[@Billpro25]

"Mother knows best!" is bullshi*, unfortunately. Sharing a sex doesn't automatically create empathy between people.

[@spartangoku7610]

Kill the rapist.

[@saloni379]

In India, it's a shameful for a family to get their kids married before the legal age. Normally people are married here at 24 years of age. A few get married before legal age , but we consider it shameful act and crime.

[@Jinscookie]

Lmao come on we all know Rajasthan exists...

[@saloni379]

@@Jinscookie madam, its childmarriage is still consider shameful, many steps having taken to remove this evil of childmarriage

[@Jinscookie]

@@saloni379 yes but it's not like India is better than USA in terms of child marriage... So many young kids/teenagers get married in our country lol

[@saloni379]

@@Jinscookie i am not here to compare, if there's evil customs in society/country, we must remove it, rather than bashing others. Now, culturally and morally many people don't support child marriage, but some uneducated (or illiterate) morons support child marriages. Soon, with the growth of literacy (education standards), India will be free from these evil issues.

[@zetaforever4953]

@@saloni379 It depends on where you live in India, your social class, and all that. If you are a middle class urban dweller, marriage before 25 (and preferably a post graduate degree) is almost unimaginable. If you're an illiterate rural day laborer, marriage after 15 is equally unimaginable. There are many subsections of Indian society where teen marriage is normal and staying unmarried in your twenties is what would be considered shameful. India is a very diverse society.

[@3isactuallyalot]

How sick it makes me to hear that.😡 An eleven year old kid with a 20 year old man? The USA are the least developed country in the world it seems. I hope he got his punishment.

[@3isactuallyalot]

By the way: Parents, aren't you supposed to protect your children?

[@bryanna9458]

and then people say "feminism isn' needed...", "America is a perfect nation where everyone is free..." 🙄😑😒

[@wildturkey3776]

Feminist don't focus on stuff like this. The worry about air conditioning sexism.

[@chrisj1996]

@@wildturkey3776 actually, true feminists do focus on stuff like this. You're thinking of misandrists

[@emilybandicoot1234]

well feminism is not really tacking care of this problem there complaining about how air conditioning is sexist and man spreading

[@bryanna9458]

@wildturkey3776 and @Emily Bandicoot Real feminism is supposed to focus on important issues like this, and its sad that some ppl take the word feminism and contort it to fit their ideals, giving feminism a bad name. Real feminism should, and does focus on stuff like this. There are many things wrong with society, and I think we should focus on the more pressing matters concerning sexism, and gender roles/discrimination both inside and outside of America. If ppl keep fighting over what feminism is or isn't and what it values, then the real problems concerning us will never be solved

[@emilybandicoot1234]

well iv never hured of them trying anything to stop this and I agree that people tack the word "feminism" and tack it and asosheat it with sexist air conditioning and man spreading but the loudest group of feminist are the one who forces on those stupid thing instead of this and the real feminist that actually want to do something about it are talked over and pushed to the side so they can stop man spreading If there is a group of women support to tack this down I 100% support it but the group is not really focusing on this they #killallmen cus they wan't "equality" but with extra rights and want men to lose equality and be slaves to women (I know not all feminist are like this ) but the loudes group is and thats the problem the people that do fockes on this are amazing but they are pushed to the side by the loudest part of the group

[@Mandy87Marie]

All of these stories are sad, but especially the one where she got married at 11 and had 6 kids by the time she was 16. Back when I was 11, I was playing with beanie babies.

[@aliray1165]

It’s just so bloody sad. How can it be legal. And also how can a parent even allow this.

[@lilydiliberto1468]

This is so sad. I'm 16 and I can't even begin to imagine having five children at this age :( I'm so sorry that so many girls and women in the US and all over the world have to live like this.

[@wolfcat87]

Uhhh, no one in the U.S. has to live like this. The lady at the end was an exception due to the time period she was in. These days you have to consent every day to staying there for this to happen. lol

[@AdrianaMartinez-eo8xr]

I never realized how much of a problem child marriage was in this country. My mother was married to an older man when she was 16. My grandmother didn't force her but she was highly pressured to marry him. I thought this was a rare case, and I'm shocked to see it's still happening in the US today.

[@daniellewilliams9937]

Less than 14% of people who marry before 18 finish high school and of those only 4% finish college.

[@Great_WesternTVFan]

Yet some people say that this only happens in South Asian and Middle Eastern communities, while there are a few countries in either of these regions that even banned it.

[@machina5]

Watching this as an American is apalling. This is never discussed, I didn't even know this was still legal. I'm horrified.

[@csifresno8302]

I swear bbc covers problems in everywhere but England

[@thesisterlybloom5856]

Cameron Dees they do, you're not looking hard enough

[@springrollwang4441]

They don't know where to start in such short video. So normally they make lengthy documentary for UK's problems :D

[@rainieb.104]

what are you talking about...? They cover A LOT of problems in England

[@foxmcfog7809]

They do, you just don't look.

[@VCYT]

Channel 4 tv here does that just fine.

[@rutha2403]

having 6 KIDS within a 5 year period is a lot for any woman, but for a girl to have 6 kids from the time she's 11 to 16??? it shouldn't be allowed, i feel a deep sorrow for her and i'm glad she's making an effort to change what she went through.

[@dsgrbrowne1]

16 and she had 5 children?? She was forced to marry her rapist at 11... When he was 20....how can they not change the law, just based on that case alone??

[@Fallenangel_85]

Arranged marriages, closed community's, young people forced into a religious lifestyle with no chance to get out Yes that's all in the US just one example is the Hassidic Jews in Brooklyn, but there is many more society's that take away human rights from their youths and the government is well aware of their existence, sometimes even protects them

[@Màzalläh]

Fallenangel 85.. r u the victim of child abuse...

[@chrisdooley6468]

Wow I’m stunned. As an American I never even knew this was such a problem. To think in this day and age, and in a first world country at that, this is still a thing disgusts me😢

[@wolfcat87]

The loophole is to allow teens to marry each other if one becomes pregnant and they do not want to be single parents. It's so rarely done, and it's even more rarely abused. Most Americans do not even know it is possible. Have you seen statistics for single mothers and how they and their children suffer for life? This is media made to generate money. they will stretch the truth to get views. lol. One of these cases is from 1959! They were truly desperate to find something to fit what they are selling.

[@ambycakes]

Im American and had NO idea this happened in the U.S. outside of Mormons doing this shit, which everyone is against outside of their hermit world, so please don't make it seem like we accept this and are okay with this.

[@taocchi27]

Actually, mainstream Mormons don't even do this. The FLDS, a broken off branch of the mainstream Mormon church, does still practice this. In fact, the average age of a member of the FLDS is 19, and most girls get married at 12. Though, there's only around seven thousand of them and they isolate themselves.

[@bayleaf7588]

Exactly how Muslims feel when Americans make documentaries about Islam

[@isaiahjackson8416]

This is heartbreaking, but I want Anglet to know that in relation to what you can do with your life with jobs, age is just a number. An achievement at age 18 is the exact same as one at age 28. When you're old and grey no one will care what age you graduated uni or became a doctor or whatever. You still have time to do all those things girl.

[@damedane913]

Wtf I'm 26 and commenting on youtube.

[@chihuahuense831]

You saved my life , there is isn't nothing wrong with that...

[@MindfulMatters734]

What does that have to do with being 26 or commenting?

[@CynthMiddlehorn]

Used To Love You I think they're relating it to how one of the women in this video is only 26, has 5 kids and has been through a lot, yet this person is just chilling and commenting on videos.

[@MindfulMatters734]

Cynth Middlehorn Oh, I see. I didn't connect the two at all.

[@damedane913]

Cool how many babies do you have and how many times have you divorced?

[@yahya2231]

Imagine 13 years old kid,have child almost like a sibling,depressed and anxious , and detrioting their own school subject

[@wolfcat87]

I took care of kids from the age of 7. Some people are built for the task.

[@schlomoshekelstien6234]

Funnily enough most people who win the Victoria Cross all usually took care of their parents, family, or siblings from a very young age, so it's clearly more than possible that it happens. That is all.

[@smartart3097]

I can’t believe a mother forced her 11yr old child to marry her rapist.

[@ema8413]

11 years old!!! He should have been jailed for being a pedophile!!!

[@josefsupertramp]

California passed laws in 2018 to combat this issue.

[@nicki2693]

Lived in the US all my life and never heard of this

[@carolleenkelmann4751]

It is called "selective cognition". It is a big country with too many differing State Laws and a Press that is in the hands of a select few with vested interests; information will be manipulated like Propaganda. You are only as good as the verity of the information you are being handed or can seak out.

[@nicki2693]

I’m gen z so I’ve only experienced America from the 2000’s to now, if this child bride shit was tried today, the media would have definitely caught on and the perpetrator would be cancelled in a heartbeat and posted on social media. My parents and people of my age would never let this slide, my mom even forbid me from being with a guy 3 years older than me. Moral of the story: times are a-changing, boomers. I don’t think there’s no hiding or scheming or secretive or selective cognitive going on, it’s just the fact that the topic is from back then and the victims aren’t coming out until now.

[@tula__]

@@nicki2693 what about legal age being lower than most countries. When it's legal, it's not reported.

[@jayjayjay4788]

@@nicki2693 clearly you're an idiot!!

[@nicki2693]

Bunny I’ve actually seen documentaries on it like bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan and I was talking about how I’ve been born and raised in the US meaning I have never heard of this happening recently IN THE US. but that doesn’t mean that I don’t know about this happening in OTHER countries, because I do. But it’s been outlawed here for decades, which is why I haven’t heard of it IN THE US. but again I’m not saying this is a topic I am completely unfamiliar to, because I’m not.

[@NiceGuy88]

Never marry any girl to someone until she wants because one day, she will find someone who will be a good husband to her. Girls and women should always get respect as every religion says that whenever a girl is born in a family she is a blessing given by God to the whole family. Don't ever consider her a burden as she might become better than a son one day.

[@soundarya8156]

Indian's watching this: Let's pretend that doesn't happen here -_-

[@pradeeptudu5974]

I'm 31 and unmarried and yet no one force me to marry. We need to have a choice.

[@iamgroot2810]

As a person from an upper middle class Indian family, I can say that we're far more sophisticated. Even though child marriage still prevails in some rural areas, it's on a decline.

[@Ninja-tp8xs]

As an American I’ve never heard about this

[@momsspaghetti-sd9sn]

The parents that agree to let their underage kids be married to adults need to be put jail forever

[@maxcovfefe]

I knew a Hmong girl who was forced to marry at 12 or 13. Her new husband was only a year or two older. I always felt bad for them because they didn't have anything in common.

[@doug9000]

wtf US?

[@JW-uy2on]

Even better, state legislatures all across the country have blocked legislation to raise the minimum age of marriage.

[@greenkoolaidguyplays1945]

Wtf guys

[@Meggsie]

My brother got engaged to a 16 year old when he was 10 years her senior. They "did everything right" by waiting until they were married to consummate the relationship. But she was still seventeen when that happened. My family felt as though they could not stop it because he was an adult and tried their best not to burn bridges and her family is the creepiest group of people you ever met. They supported the relationship and pushed for it. To me, he is no longer my brother and when I can, I likely see myself moving far away so I never have to see him again.

[@ecolefoyer174]

Hello Megg. Your brother will always be you brother even if he has sin against you, even if he has done wrongs. You can't choose your family but yes you can choose if you want relationship or not. And True love forgives.

[@YAHWINSINTHEEND]

@@ecolefoyer174Yes forgive the pedophile and better yet bring your children around them, and let him keep a watchful eye on them as they grow up, especially his nieces… because after all forgiveness heals all.

[@citizen2364]

When i learned that my friend's grandma was married when she was 15 and he was 19 i believe and i realized why their family was so messed up. I saw that it fucked them both up tbh. it's really sad , especially for her.

[@doliyolanda9903]

If a felony happens, blame muslim. -modern world-

[@nepashahi7406]

Immigration is not an excuse. If we are speaking in that way then almost all of the people in America are immigrants. The question I raise is why is the government not making it illegal all over? I am from Nepal and I can understand why we would have things like that. Illiteracy, economic problems, a lot of poor people etc. And the country is a developing country. America is called the capital of the world. My question is why aren't they banning this?