Arranged Marriage Persuasive Speech

Arranged Marriage. Does it really represent true love? According to Australian Government: Attorney-Generals Department, "Arranged marriage is a forced marriage is when a person gets married without freely and fully consenting, because they have been coerced, threatened or deceived." Arranged Marriages do not allow men and women to express themselves through marriage. The soon-to-be couple have no say of who they want to marry, their parents pick out a soulmate for them. In arranged marriage you're being forced to commit your life and heart to a complete stranger. In a love marriage the couple knows each other's strength and weaknesses. In an arranged marriage some don't know their spouse's background information and they don't know how to handle each other. Being forced to get marriage is not always everyone's first decision.

The Australian Government also quoted that "Forced marriage is a slavery-like practice, a form of gender-based violence and an abuse of human rights." One can infer that when someone is being forced to marriage, your human rights are being restrained.

Slavery is the act of being in bondage. Being in bondage isn't a good thing. Neither is being threatened for denying forced marriage. Stated by Daily Mail, a couple in London menaced their daughter by telling her if she doesn't get married by force she would be killed, and they would behead her if she reports them. The daughter "claims she suffered repeated violence at the hands of her parents and grandmother as a teenager and was told she would be killed if she refused to marry abroad as this would 'bring dishonour on the family." Plenty of other situations like this was reported. This time this is coming from an executive director of Tahirih Justice Center in the United States. Layli Miller-Muro tells North Carolina Public Radio (NPR) that "Some of our clients have ... actually committed suicide as their only way out." Not letting anyone express love can lead to them expressing bad

behavior.

As stated in BollywoodShaadis, "In India, it is believed 'you not only marry the person but their family as well'. Well, in an arranged marriage the couple receives love and support from each other's family." Is the support and love going too far? Planning the wedding too quickly and the two people having little time to get to know each other, they don't have much support they actually thought. If they have nothing in common with each other, where is the support when they both don't want to marry each other? The parents might as well marry each other. It also says in the article that, "...commitment is the strongest advantage for those who are going for an arranged marriage." How can you make a commitment with someone you barely know? This is the same as asking a homeless man to hold $200 for a second. Commitment follows trust and it's necessary to gain trust with someone before claiming them as your soulmate.

In an arranged marriage you are forced to love a stranger you just met and you know nothing about them. Losing the freedom and privilege of loving and marrying whoever is a big insult to human rights. Not being able to go on romantic dates to get to know each other and to gain respect and a strong sense of passion for each other, if there is any. The parents and in-laws, who chose the marriage, will most likely choose any other huge decisions in the couple's life. There is a higher chance of getting a divorce because of lack of interest between the couple. The maturity level comes in when two people find themselves madly in love and decide to marry on their own. Knowing that they'll be together forever, without thier parents commanding them who to marry.