Opponents fear proposed bill could allow girls as young as nine to marry, erode women’s rights and give greater powers to clerics
A draft law in Iraq that would allow the marriage of girls as young as nine has provoked protests across the country, with women’s rights activists saying it would “legalise child rape”.
The Shia religious groups that dominate the political system in Iraq have been pushing to erode women’s rights in the country for more than a decade.
Unlike neighbouring Saudi Arabia, Iraq does not have a system of male guardianship requiring women to have the permission of a husband, father or male guardian to make crucial life choices such as marriage.
However, a new proposal, which passed its first reading in the Iraqi parliament this week, would give religious authorities the power to decide on family affairs, including marriage, divorce and the care of children.
Was there this much kid-fucking going on a few decades ago? I feel like pedophilia is in every 3 or 4 news stories these days. Fuck.
On the bright side, a lot of developed nations have been putting laws on the books to protect children from these creeps. The US recently had a series of 13 states banning marriage under the age of 18 under any circumstance (there were previously exceptions), Japan last year raised its age of consent from 13 to 16, and the UK two years ago removed exceptions to the marriageable age of 18 in England and Wales.
And I think it’s reasonable to say that once these laws go on the books in these sorts of countries, they’re basically there to stay, because while you’re always swimming upstream to create change, the current is going to be a lot stronger for reducing the age below 18 than for raising it up.
Only 13 states?
Only 13, yes. Every single state has at least 18 as a minimum if you don’t have an exception, but as you can see from the top map, in most states you can get exceptions for anywhere from 15 to 17. A few states have no floor at all, meaning that even though case law would dictate some sort of minimum, there’s nothing on the books that sets a well-defined minimum with exceptions.
Yeah but it was more hush hush back in the day.
40 years ago the Catholic church could move pedophiles around with impunity. They still can, but they used to, too.
Conservatives are getting more bold about expressing their values these days.
I’m just surprised they didn’t set it at 6 based on the whole Aisha thing. Guess they’re going by the age when their book says Muhammed started having sex with her.
Conservatism is a global plague that is long overdue for a cure.
I’m sure glad America gave them freedom.
Just anecdotally and not argumentatively, the reason the United States got involved with Iraq in the first place is that they were doing exactly what Russia is doing to Ukraine.
Unfortunately for Iraq, they were ill prepared to handle the responsibility of establishing a new government and began losing land to extremists like ISIS and the KRG.
Basically, they got themselves into this mess, but they aren’t entirely to blame for the poor results
Sorry… are you defending the Iraq war by justifying what Russia is doing in Ukraine?
No.
Then I don’t understand your point.
Sorry
You could clarify…
I am against what Russia is doing in Ukraine. I am against what Iraq did to Kuwait. Since they are both land grabs for financial gain, I am trying to say that if anything goes wrong in Iraq, they only have themselves to blame for something they started decades ago.
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muslim country about to legalize child rape
bUt ThE cHrIsTiAnS aRe AlSo BaD
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I won’t let you rage bait me, you clearly don’t have anything of worth to say
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200 comments in 11 days?
JFC dude… I’ve never said this to anyone before, but I think you need Jesus.
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Isn’t that what all the priests used to say?
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