| In the past, most people had arranged marriages to someone of the same social class. |
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| It was indeed mentally invigorating to enter into a debate on arranged marriages versus love marriages. |
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| In arranged marriages, contact may be initiated by the couple, followed by negotiation between the two families. |
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| She grew up in a rarefied world of private girls' schools and arranged marriages. |
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| This was still a country of matchmakers and arranged marriages, and much pressure was brought to bear. |
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| Both traditional arranged marriages and modern marriages involve the lobola, or bride-price. |
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| The two men had cited example after example of astrologically arranged marriages, full of astral promise, turning disastrous. |
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| Even in societies with arranged marriages, relatives of the couple do the arranging. |
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| But she said that while both parties consented to arranged marriages, forced unions were made under duress. |
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| Five young Asians told us how they are adopting the tradition of arranged marriages to suit their modern needs. |
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| Most marriages today are based on romantic attachments rather than the arranged marriages that were the norm in the past. |
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| Divorce among Lebanese Americans is less common in arranged marriages than in marriages based on love. |
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| Formal rituals of courting, chaperonage, and arranged marriages strictly governed relations between the sexes. |
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| They reacted by urging the researchers not to confuse forced marriages with the traditional practice of arranged marriages. |
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| In arranged marriages, as in traditional western love marriages, both parties ultimately have the right to say no. |
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| We shared our views on the merits of Eastern arranged marriages versus love marriages in the West. |
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| Though striking a blow for Indian womanhood, Sharma remains a dutiful daughter in the traditional mould and still places great faith in arranged marriages. |
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| Finally, some believe that the veil was very important during the period of arranged marriages. |
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| No other Labour minister could have got away with challenging arranged marriages without being accused of unwarranted intrusion into the customs of Asian communities. |
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| There are also cases of hastily arranged marriages for preadolescents to prevent their return to the country from which they were abducted. |
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| Two further concepts spring to mind when speaking of forced marriages: arranged marriages and marriages of convenience. |
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| Forced and arranged marriages are often clumped together and the women concerned are thus declared unable to make autonomous decisions. |
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| Since both her elder sister and brother had been disowned when they refused arranged marriages, this seemed a plausible threat. |
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| The pre-1949 system of arranged marriages in rural areas has been replaced by semi-arranged marriages. |
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| The National Board for Youth Affairs is tasked with charting the prevalence of arranged marriages against the will of a party. |
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| He also wished to know how the Government regulated arranged marriages in which either partner might be under 18 years of age. |
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| According to FIDH, however, it is found that arranged marriages are still taking place without the consent of future spouses. |
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| For example, arranged marriages still exist and are often a taboo, even in many so-called civilised societies. |
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| According to legislation in most European countries, children below the age of 18 are protected from arranged marriages. |
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| Are arranged marriages to be the family practice or are the children to be allowed to arrange their own marriages? |
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| The women are punished for refusing arranged marriages, or if their family fails to produce a promised dowry, or who in some way bring dishonour on their family. |
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| The theme of a pushy mum endeavoring to wed her daughters to rich suitors fits naturally into an Indian setting where arranged marriages have much scope for comedy. |
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| In the space of only a generation, the family had gone from the world of oxen and arranged marriages to the world of cell phones and multicultural love matches. |
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| But he did not condemn the arranged marriages that our royal family go in for, or those marriages of the upper classes that make sure the inheritance stays in the right hands. |
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| In India arranged marriages are very much the norm, and the joint family, where a man and a woman live intimately with his extended family, is still a powerful institution. |
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| Specifically, arranged marriages take place in societies where the extended family is both the basic social unit, and the basic economic unit, of the culture. |
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| Survivors of self-burning often explain that they felt trapped in traditional, arranged marriages, which in some cases means they were betrothed at birth to cousins or tribal kinsmen. |
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| The system of arranged marriages permeates all religions and castes. |
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| Oumou continued to mine an openly militant vein in her songwriting, campaigning against polygamy and arranged marriages and standing up for women's rights. |
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| The rule is designed to reduce the risk of forced and arranged marriages. |
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| People are still being forced into arranged marriage just about everywhere in the world, even though I have to say there are actually less and less arranged marriages in Senegal now. |
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| But arranged marriages aren't easy either. |
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| On May Day 1950, the government promulgated a Marriage Law that banned concubinage and arranged marriages while giving women the right of divorce and to own property. |
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| Men and women about to enter into arranged marriages were able to get to know each other, and cloistered women found a connection to the outside world. |
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| The PDPA pushed for a socialist transformation by abolishing arranged marriages, promoting mass literacy and reforming land ownership. |
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| Yaroslav also arranged marriages for his sister and three daughters to the kings of Poland, France, Hungary and Norway. |
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| There are advantages and disadvantages of arranged marriages which allow youngsters to choose their life partners freely. |
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| Arranged marriages in which parents negotiated spouses, dowries, and inheritance for their children were once common but have declined. |
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| Arranged marriages among nobility were banned and the Orthodox Church brought under state control. |
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