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8 Year Old Gets Divorce

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:23:09 -0400

I know we're all supposed to embrace other cultures, but there's just some stuff that I struggle to understand, let alone embrace.

So goes this story of an 8 year old who had to be formally granted a divorce. Seems the parents married her off to a 30 year old man, who then proceeded, over the next 2 months, to routinely beat and have sex with her. She told her parents about her treatment, but they didn't do anything, saying she was legally the other man's wife.

The Four Types of Female Genital Mutilation

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:12:47 -0500

Female Genital Mutilation is the partial or total removal of the female external genitalia, which includes the clitoris labia, mons pubis (the fatty tissue over the pubic bone), and the urethral and vaginal openings. Female Genital Mutilation is often called Female Circumcision. This implies that it is similar to male circumcision, but the degree of cutting is much more extensive and it often impairs a woman's sexual and reproductive functions.

Should there be a MINIMUM Age to MARRY?

Fri, 05 May 2006 14:58:13 -0400

I was reading the news today and found a great debate. It ties in with yesterdays blog to; Internet Predators & Sex With Minors

This is what the headline read: KANSAS LAW MAKERS MAY DO AWAY WITH CHILD BRIDES
After a pregnant 14-year-old from Nebraska drove to Kansas last year to marry her 22-year-old boyfriend, now serving time for having sex with the minor, Kansas lawmakers decided it was time the set a minimum marriage age.