tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669336.post1589373868284035947..comments2023-09-24T15:27:25.242+02:00Comments on : : Random Thoughts on Passing scene : :: Married in the VillageT.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01153454574105394469noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669336.post-30948641356955358272012-09-04T16:05:26.322+02:002012-09-04T16:05:26.322+02:00Yupe, I agree with the Dutch approach. Too bad, mo...Yupe, I agree with the Dutch approach. Too bad, most of Indonesians dont. <br /><br />The sad thing is, I have this feeling that our law is serving vested interest.TAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669336.post-13323546573164483482012-09-01T09:09:18.306+02:002012-09-01T09:09:18.306+02:00The more sex is taboo, the more teenage pregnancie...The more sex is taboo, the more teenage pregnancies. Government policies can have an impact here. Which, by the way, is one of the few world records the Dutch hold: lowest teenage pregnancy.<br /><br /><br />Yet the story of the lady I was referring to, still sends shivers along my spine because of the pre-emptive solution to out of wedlock pregnancy: marrying off a child. It suggests family honour prevails over the children's interest. <br /><br />The law should step in to protect them if family and community don't.colsonhttp://www.pelopor.nlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669336.post-90280893758549769052012-08-31T14:48:01.317+02:002012-08-31T14:48:01.317+02:00To be fair, in the America (north and south) and E...To be fair, in the America (north and south) and Europe we see a lot of teenage pregnancy.. so it happens around the world. I think the different is over here a lot of parents in the village choose marrying their kids so that they are not dating to avoid out of wedlock pregnancy.. while in the West, the kids date, got pregnant and maybe get married. TAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669336.post-64113667486549515032012-08-31T09:23:21.071+02:002012-08-31T09:23:21.071+02:00If would be ridiculous if it weren't that sad....If would be ridiculous if it weren't that sad. The secular rule of law should protect children against these 'marriages'.<br /><br />Some ten years ago I met a lady who had gone through such an experience. She had given birth to her first baby when she was sixteen. <br /><br />It's one of those anachronistic habits which sometimes make it hard to fight off my Western cultural prejudices.colsonhttp://www.pelopor.nlnoreply@blogger.com