[nomel]

No, it's not a scheduling conflict. A child getting married is entirely about if the parents choose to force that child to be married or not. They were less motivated to marry the child, if the child was going to school, because an education is an alternative path to gain moneys, which is the parents primary motive. It's interesting how disgusting greed like this is wrapped in words, like "culture" that try to make it ok. It's a repugnant behavior, which is why there was effort to correct it, and success in that is why we're reading about it here.

[kelipso]

Their motive is to provide financial and social security for their child so that their child won’t be out in the streets if something happens to them. That’s not greed. That’s normal basic universal care for offspring that all humans have.

[nomel]

By forced marriage and rape. Great deal! And no, it's not just for the sake of the child, in most cases. I implore you to look into this more.

[kelipso]

Dramatics and stretching of definitions will only weaken your case.

[nomel]

Again, I strongly implore you to look into this more [1][2]. There are no dramatics or stretching of definitions here (unless you're one that thinks children can consent to sex). There's a reason this effort took place, and why its success is being celebrated.

[1] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11545136/

[2] https://www.girlsnotbrides.org/en/learning-resources/child-m...

[kelipso]

Lol. Dramatics and accusation and you expect people to take you seriously… All this does is pour serious doubt over the veracity of the links you posted.

[dpc050505]

You call it greed but in a lot of these places it's necessity. Now that necessity might partially be the result of other people's greed but that's a whole other conversation about poverty.

[malfist]

A parent's primary motive is not to gain money, much less to gain money by exploiting their child.