Arranged Marriage Persuasive Speech

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Arranged Marriage. Does it really represent true love? According to Australian Government: Attorney-Generals Department, "Arranged marriage is a forced marriage is when a person gets married without freely and fully consenting, because they have been coerced, threatened or deceived." Arranged Marriages do not allow men and women to express themselves through marriage. The soon-to-be couple have no say of who they want to marry, their parents pick out a soulmate for them. In arranged marriage you're being forced to commit your life and heart to a complete stranger. In a love marriage the couple knows each other's strength and weaknesses. In an arranged marriage some don't know their spouse's background information and they don't know how to handle each other. Being forced to get marriage is not always everyone's first decision. …show more content…

Slavery is the act of being in bondage. Being in bondage isn't a good thing. Neither is being threatened for denying forced marriage. Stated by Daily Mail, a couple in London menaced their daughter by telling her if she doesn't get married by force she would be killed, and they would behead her if she reports them. The daughter "claims she suffered repeated violence at the hands of her parents and grandmother as a teenager and was told she would be killed if she refused to marry abroad as this would 'bring dishonour on the family." Plenty of other situations like this was reported. This time this is coming from an executive director of Tahirih Justice Center in the United States. Layli Miller-Muro tells North Carolina Public Radio (NPR) that "Some of our clients have ... actually committed suicide as their only way out." Not letting anyone express love can lead to them expressing bad

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