“Child Marriage”, to me the phrase itself is ironic. Marriage has always been the morally accepted social institution through which a human male and female could possibly have a sexual relationship. It is called an irony because humans who call themselves morally high and reasonable, who created all these known and unknown religious institutions based on morality, how could such a being be involved in such a heinous act of child marriage. Girl child is the victim of this hideous act, she has been married off at the tender age, when she is supposed to be playing and learning. Women had always been treated as property, like land or gold in all most all the societies all over the world. So to avoid the loss of property one must do what one need to do. Great battles had fought and many treaties had been signed using her as bait. Yes, gender inequality is the single reason why this all happens. In-fact this inequality is so deep in our society and culture that even women do not understan
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