Even if they are not physically coerced into unwanted marriages, they might be socially pressured without any culturally appropriate avenues to exert their will. Between 2000 and 2015 there were at least 207,468 child marriages in the United States of which over 1,000 marriage licences were for children under 15, some as young as ten years old. The Hindu Vedas, specifically the Rigveda and Atharvaveda, have verses that indicate that during the Vedic period, girls married well after attaining puberty and were of a mature age.
Women also exhibit a fair degree of marital autonomy concerning polygynous marriage, as discussed below. Marrying a Bolivian woman means Read More