How many shot gun weddings or forced marriages do you know irl though? The OP was saying it like it’s super common.
What do you think a shotgun wedding is? We definitely did, and still do have arranged and forced marriages in the US. Probably moreso now that child brides are making a comeback, thanks to the loss of abortion rights. Thanks, Republicans.
PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Zippy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Shotgun wedding was simply someone got pregnant and the couple may have been encouraged to wed. I seen enough of them and I don’t know if a single one where it was mandatory. Poor reason to get married maybe but was pretty much always but choice and the shotgun statement was more of a joke.
There are few racial cultures in Canada, and likely no European cultures that have arranged ‘forced’ marriages. Encouraging couples to interact in such a way as they might develop feelings for each other is not an forced marriage by the way. And before you get all huffy, yes there have been forced marriages but it is quite rare.