Child Marriages in the USA | ARTE.tv Documentary
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- In the USA it is still legal in 40 states for children to get married. Between 2000 and 2018 nearly 300,000 minors were married in the USA, mostly girls, married to adult men. The trauma of forced child marriages stays with these women throughout their lives. Today, some are bravely speaking out about their experiences and trying to stop child marriages in America.
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I live in Poland. If anyone here said publicly that they support child marriage, that person would have no place in politics or in any public office never ever again. And probably they would also loose all their teeth very soon
@@trishdelacour8746 Hoe gaan dit met u? :) You're totally rigth, it is werid
Funny. You've had sex cults where children and women were abused.
I live in Sweden 🇸🇪 and to marriage a child is dangerous you go to jail only Somalia and people from Eritrea do this bullshit in Sweden.....the number one country the Jewnited States of America of Human Rights and bullshit need to fix that one.
Its funny how certain politicians claim to be against child buse but they have no problem if that marriage happens in a forced child marriage
Because they are not actually against sex with children. They are for control of who gets to have sex with children. A religious adult man is allowed to rape an underage girl as long as he marries her first. They only want to control who gets to do the abuse, not get rid of it.
the real reason the same people (cos its the same eact demographic, lets be real) are against abortion is cos they get fomo on all those potential underage girls............
There is a word for people who want child marriage. It starts with P and ends with O.
i know some better words than that.....................
We thought it was M----m.
No actually these are Hebephiles. Pedophiles go for kids under 12.
Michigan passed a law banning child marriage in September of 2023. The age of consent is now 18
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So sad that it took that long 😢
@@5gx673Well you know gotta replace them old dudes that watch cuties in their free time.
I read that wrong and I was like who’s Morgan
parents should never be able to sign their children away to be married. It’s a red flag for grooming and will ruin they’re children’s lives forever. My heart breaks for these children that lost or lose their innocents to monsters. These women are incredibly strong and brave to confront there evil pasts. God bless you all. I pray that you heal and continue to put a stop to this evil things.
I know someone that this happened to. Her mom and step dad actually sold her to an older man when she was 13 or 14. It’s a very sad story. Alabama it happened there.
Then Americans have the cheek to talk abaut others
"Do you know any kids who have been married at age 12? I do and guess what they are still married." That right there sums it up. Getting young girls married early is about controlling them so they will be stuck in it. Notice he didn't say they are happy. I once read an article by a religious man about why child marriage should be allowed and it blatantly boiled down to "so they won't have enough time to form their sense of self or their own opinions and leave the religion or their religious husband" They want child marriage because underage girls are easier to control and it's much harder for them to leave the marriage, even once they become adults. They have never had independence. They may not even have a driver license, a bank account, credit card, never had a job, they may not have even finished high school. By the time they turn 18 they likely already have a child. If their husband is abusive, what will they do? Who will they turn to? The parents the married them off? How will they support themselves and their child? They can't, so they are stuck in that marriage. And that's the point.
Couldn’t agree with you more.
This !
So awful
He later clarified that the boy was also 12. They got married because the girl was pregnant.
@@simonlaird6231 so 3 children were abused and traumatized for life , legally by their parents , the government , the so called "justice system" , the court and or religion that married them and a 12 yr old child had her life put at risk and in danger by being forced to remain pregnant and give birth? Glad he "clarified" that .
SMDH
I hope more people will delve into this topic so we can end legal child marriages in the US and elsewhere. I was married as a teenager and there were so many things that came with it that were traumatic and hard to go through but the thing that pissed me off so much as a married teenager that really still affects me today is that I went to try to get my ears pierced when I was 16 and they said I needed parents permission and I told them I was married and they said I needed my husbands permission and I couldn’t believe that it was ok for adults to marry me off and have me start my wifely duties yet I wasn’t allowed to get my ears pierced….. I couldn’t get over and am now 38 and still haven’t pierced my ears yet, every time I get close to doing it I just can’t. It probably sounds stupid to anyone reading this but having to be an adult and engage in being someone’s wife as a young girl who is not even allowed to pierce her ears should not be allowed and seeing this video and knowing that people out there want to stop this and see that it is wrong brought me back to that moment and how it was so much more wrong than I even realized at that time. Thank you for making this and bringing this problem to light!! May you be blessed!!!
so sorry you had & still have to go through all this
What terrifies me the most is that young girls do not yet have control over their lives. They may not have a license or car, their birth certificate or social security number, credit cards, a bank account, etc. So if anything goes wrong they have no means by which to pick themselves up and get out of a bad situation. Unfortunately, for many adults who engage in this practice, I think that's kinda the point 😕
I know how trama can last a lifetime. The age of so called consent to have sex..is only 16 in most states. Sometimes lower.. esp in other countries. My trama was getting pregnant at 16...looking for love in the wrong places. Yes I was easy pickings...but tryed to escape the married baby daddy ..and an abusive family. I still had spirit. ..hope..but the family told the baby daddy..where I was ..and he left his wife pregnant.... again...and I became pregnant again..at the same time. .So that deceit broke my spirit..and life Has been rough. But we will get the lost Paradise back...so I have that wonderful hope... Daniel 2:44
and yet, there are still people denying this. Laughing at this. Saying this is a legitimate thing to do because having as many children as possible is what women are created for.
So sorry for these girls and women 😔
And the weird thing was pointed out:
You can only buy alcohol at 21 but get married at 16- so much about the definition of freedom.
@@demil3618 obviously, in some states you can get married at 11..
Yes, 11 it was even.
With this, none of them can point fingers at any "underdeveloped" place.
Freedom is important but you obviously choose your freedoms. I wouldn't mind dinking at 16 (w. parents) / 18 (alone) on the other hand.
Beyond comprehension what goes on in the mind of decision makers there.
@@kifi672
@@kifi672 that is legalising paedophilia. Horrible.
@@fionagregory9147completely 😞
The horrible thing is: it is getting worse. In some conservative states in the US, child marriages have just been reinforced into law.
There is a reason why they vote Trump... He did 13 y o girls with that Saudi prince and Arabs and Indians do it all the time. Each year 10 thousand 15 years old girls die after having a third kid, because their bodies give up 😅
But according to them, it’s people who promote tolerance who are “groomers”
Correct. And in Montana were just loosening the remaining laws and institutions protecting kids. Its horrifying.
@@muirgirlthanks for posting - what are they doing? It’s beyond belief!
@@paulorocky what do you mean with "tolerance"?
i grew up in the first state to outlaw marriage for any reason under 18 - in *2018*. you'd think that was an indisputable good move - but the backlash was shocking.
What atate?
@@katelynbrown98no answer
Guess what they are still married?! That's like saying she went to school at age 5 and guess what at age 16...she is still there.
what is wrong with countries that allow child marriage it should be illegal worldwide
Why do they allow marriage at the age of ten? It's disgusting.
Who is allowing that? I think parents allow that. I can't imagine a ten year old wanting to leave mom and dad to marry!
Exactly! This whole country is SICK! Great place.
@@eddemian Republican lawmakers?
@@archangelnew Muslims follow the example of heir prophet. He married a relative at 9. Nothing to do with Republicans. Dimwit
Bc Joseph Smith said it.
It seems very few people want women's rights.
So statutory rape is legal in some states. That's the bottom line.
Child marriage is wrong in any country.
Just because someone has a child, does not mean that they know everything that is best for them.
Well, where the heck are all of the 'child protectors' in Q-Anon? Why aren't they protesting this? Demonstrating about this? Calling out these religious fundamentalists for grooming? Because their pseudo concern for children is total BS. That's why.
They don't care about children or babies or fetuses. They just want to control women so they use their "religion" to force women to give birth and children to get married. It is a primitive, barbaric way to control women.
Good point!!!
Not a damn one of them is a drag queen.
They don't actually want to end it, they want to control who gets to do it.
Bc they r all Republicans and they support child marriage 🙄
My stepsister was married off at 16 to a 27 year old man. Her mother ok'd it and her father (my stepdad) could not stop it as he did not have custody. They were deeply Pentecostal and the whole congregation was cult minded. Thankfully she got away after having a son at 17 and she is doing much better today. Although Its still legal to this day here in KY.
Yes religion plays a big role in this horrible game.
"Forced child marriages"?
☝️😌
Children cannot consent to marriage or sex (which is the real goal).
They do not know yet what either really means.
but it does happen
@@sallys2622
Yeah I know.
But there is no voluntary child marriage. A child cannot consent to something that it doesn't understand yet (and all the implications).
@@saschamayer4050 Of course there is no "voluntary child marriage"....call it criminally forced child marriage, it's trafficking & that's what happens.
The UN wants it's members to eliminate age of consent laws.
And yet it is legal
It’s repulsive to allow children to get married under the age of 18 anywhere in the world 😢 children need to be children you only get one childhood!😢
I live in Indiana and I'm so happy these ladies are working so hard to change this disgusting law but it takes all of us to vote!
The religious right describe this as parental rights. Bronze Age beliefs yield Bronze Age results. Stop believing without evidence!
I'm not for this! This is disguising. Not all groups accept this pedo behavior.
Nicely put
Holy crap!!! I grew up involved in the church they showed at Murrieta Hot Springs. I’ve only begun deconstructing that experience in the last couple years. I’ve never heard anyone else call it a cult. It’s always been an “non-denominational evangelical church.” That small section just validated me in such a huge way.
Wow...bizarre. I had no idea. Yeah, that should be fixed asap. ...creepy.
The damnable legacy of fundamentalism.
It's a lot easier to live in England when a single parent than in USA.
With todays situation in western countries, even that is hard to be true my friend…
@@shvansedeeq3776 it is, I have been there.
Uk welfare is excellent
Really? Either you are not in the UK or a troll.@@jenniferindigochameleon6680
Because we are not obsessed with religion - most of us.
As a journalist who has written on this subject, I have one problem with this otherwise fine little doc.
As journalists, we are bending over so far backward not to stigmatize entire groups, we are in effect colluding in this shame. How?
We do not name those groups, those ethnic groups, such as South Asian and African communities, as well as ultra-orthodox Mormon and evangelical Christian sects and ultra-orthidox Jewish communities, whose lobbying and occasional voting blocs are keeping these medieval child marriage laws on the books in states like California.
Yes, I have voted as a progressive all my life, and have, I believe, done a good job keeping my "wokeness" out of my journalism.
However, this is a case, as we journalists learned with Donald Trump's persistent lying, where our old rules for journalism that gives equal weight to both sides of an issue, allows falsehoods to be treated with equal weight as the truth.
By allowing certain groups to hide behind our reluctance to call them out, we are helping to prolong this despicable practice.
No age limit for marriage in California???!!!!! Wtf, so a 30 year old can marry a 2 year old as long as the parents consent gtfoh!!!!!!
yes it crazy to have such dumb law...
from google ,,
"In California, you must be 18 to get a divorce. But there is no minimum age to get married, as long as a parent or guardian consent and a court gives permission. California is among just seven states, including New Mexico and Oklahoma, that does not have a minimum age for marriage.23 Jun 2023"
@@jetli740 Very telling that certain lawmakers are happy to marry children off but not allow them to divorce.
@@DimaRakesah for a develop country is disgusting. yet they complain other country
that allow marriage at young age
@@jetli740 The US is very hypocritical in many ways.
England just moved from age 16 with parents;' consent to 18 (Scotland is 16).As age for consent generally is 16 I think 16 was okay as some cultures which do not allow s ex outside marriage should be on a par with the age for consent to s ex. however no minimum is very disturbing. Ut was 12 in the UK in about 1900 and 12 under Roman law and indeed the Catholic code of canon law for the girl IF the law of the state where she lives has that age.
Any forced marriage is sick. I'm going to Nevada to party.
This is one reason why polygamy can never be legal. There is so much child marriage in polygamist cults. (Polyamory is very different from polygamy.)
Polygamy has nothing to do with it. You can have several wives without abusing children.
@@deathbycheese850 you can but many of them don't
Some people would say this only happens in South Asian and Middle Eastern communities.
Just...wow. I had no idea this was a thing in the US, and even less of an idea that there are states where it's legal...worse yet that there are actually Americans who support child marriage. WTAF? And did I hear it right at the end where they said Michigan is one of the states that still has no bans or age limits on child marriage? I'm not originally from MI, but I live here now, and I'm shocked, as well as ashamed of MI for this...especially since MI has a female governor who claims to be progressive.
Sick sick world :(
US pretends they care about Women's rights😭
Forcing is whats the important term here.
To make someone do what they do not want, or making someone not do what they want
The minimum age should be 18.
Yep, it's not just India
Stop being an ignorant. In india it's illegal to marry before the age of 18 since 1978.. so get your facts right before blabbering..
Next time some Americans talks about child marriage in India,I am going to show them this
É por isso que chamam de sonho americano. Você precisa estar dormindo para acreditar.
You should mention you cited Carlin
Legislation must take care of this important matter no child should be married at that age.
AT THE AGE OF 10YRS OLD??. THIS REALLY SICKENS ME..
MY HEART GOES OUT TO YOU ALL
Besides the topic, it‘s called /CHILD marriage/ not /child MARRIAGE/.
It’s a specific (sad) type of marriage.
And Baker Street isn’t /Baker STREET/ for that reason either.
And it’s also /MEMORY lane/ not
/memory LANE/
It’s a specific lane, referred to as “memory”- just like real lanes like /PARK Lane/.
Yeah. too many scammers
Don't let them scam you
This is shocking ..what the hell .
Omg I feel so sorry for you all you shouldn't have to go through all these as a child Shame on the parents.😢
ok so I had a google of the age of consent in the USA and minimum age for marriage for eg the age of consent in Arizona is 18 but you can get married at 16 it does say this A person can marry at 16, as long as one party isn't more than three years older than the minor, and 1) their parent consents, or 2) they are emancipated. in NZ the age of consent is 16.....at 18 you can get married without your parents consent. I dont understand having an age of consent older then the minimum age of marriage.so doe this mean if say 2 17 year olds if they are not married cannot consent to sex but if they got consent from their parents they can?
wow so the us is no different than the middle east!
Africa, Some parts of Asia and South America aren’t any better
So we are not any better than those 3rd world country.
Why is the guy blurred out in the thumbnail? Is he the child groom?
I’m tired of this society protecting the perpetrators of crimes pictures while leaving the victims’ photos out to hang. It’s like they want the victims to continue to suffer while they vehemently protect the criminals!
11 that’s disgusting
Just sick, sorry 🇨🇦
Nothing to be sorry about...both sick and disgusting...
I am surprised over this, I thought it was just common within' islam
It’s Mostly common in Africa, South America and Some parts of Asia.
And Child marriage is a thing even Muslims don’t support.
In my country most underage marriages nowadays are by choice. Teen mariying teen. Parents begging them not to get married that early. Finish your education first. But they are still want to get married. Divorce few years later.
Never knew child marriage is happening in big cities of USA. I watch one youtube show where gypsy brides were getting married before 18 but it wasnt forceful, it was in their culture.
What sect was it? That Elisabeth was in.
So many people pretending to hate child abuse.
"guess what, i know grooming victims who havent been able to break free, sooooooo i think thats a p good idea"
Is 17 1/2 a child?
I wonder what the aclu has to say about marriage. There rationale for opposing such legislation.
WHEW, GREAT COUNTRY!
Teaditions from abroad.
These same people fighting child marriage endorse sex changes for kids, how odd.
Because they are two completely different subjects.
Having better access to places who help children/teens who wish to transition, and still offering them extensive resources such as therapy, information, and support during possible said transitioning is not the same as an old man wanting a child to fornicate with legally.
@@everlynevinsthey are not capable of making decisions at that age...give your head a shake...
Can you actually read what I wrote? I SPECIFICALLY said therapy and information. @@catherineannelockman3805
Both are wrong. How are you so sure they approve the latter? Don't make assumptions.
It is horrible, but no girl at 16 says she is still a little girl. She is a teenager, not an adult yet, but not a little girl either. All sexual activity before 19 and outside marriage for males and females should be illegal because both are bad. Girls before the age of 19 are at higher risk of pregnancy complications and consequent health issues. The babies of teenage mothers too are at higher risk of being born premature.
Please realize that marriage and sexual activity are different topics.
As an asexual, I ask: who tf do you think you are to outright forbid allosexuals of any orientation to have sex? Do you want to ban 35+ yearolds from having sex because of very likely pregnancy complicatiins?
You're supposed to teach kids about risks and guide them towards getting birth control
First of all, 16 is not a little girl and is NOT a child either for goodness sake. Stop comparing them to 12 or 13 year old children because they are not, 16 is a young adult so they can make decisions at that age.
Senator Lankford from OK has said in the past, and recently stood it just this year, that 13 year old can give consent. 🤬 #VoteBlue 💙
His search history needs complete examination I'd say.
@@adriannespring8598 he's not the only one...
As an American all I have to say is WTF?! I refuse to believe this like I refuse to believe we ever had an orange Florida man for President.
US woke
The age should be 18 !
smdh
Les même qui sont transphobes
Exactly
Anything to DEFLECT from these ATROCITIES! 😅😅😅😅
Murica 😂😂😂😂😂😂
California. 😂🤣
USA USA Gods own land
Filled with God awful people
Children can "consent" to cutting off their genitals
Which can't be fixed with a divorce.
Where is the outrage over mutilation of children
Aka "gender affirming surgery"?
Last I checked, they're not even beginning to discuss gender affirming surgery befpre the trans person's 18th birthday. I think you meant circumcision 😉
Your pathetic attempt at whataboutism is as uneducated as it is bigoted
No one is giving kids surgery. Pull your head out of your butt and listen to anyone other than Matt Walsh for 5 seconds. You're embarrassing yourself.
Circumcision is a mutilation alright.
Is there a difference between forced child marriages and consensual marriages? What is the difference between underage, 15,16, 17, and child marriages? The 18 age of consent is an adult decision that started hundreds of years ago, as a means of adults controlling children's money. Many countries consider fourteen as adulthood. The Muslims consider7,8,9 as proper. Just like the profet Mohammad.
When these laws are overwhelmingly used to marry underage girls to adult men, even men who raped them before marriage and would normally go to jail, yes... there is a big difference. The laws do not stipulate that these children can only marry other children. Even if the adult commit a crime by having sex with a child they can avoid going to prison by marrying that child. This leads to the child being pressured to marry their abuser so they won't go to jail. And if it's rape to sleep with a child how it is not rape to sleep with them after they were married to someone by their parents? It's just legalizing raping children if you marry them first.
Oh boy, please educate yourself a little bit. This is not a random adult decision, adulthood is a biological fact. 18 is the age where your body stops growing and is fully developed.
Also I'd really like to know which Muslim countries allow child marriage at 7 years old?
@@DimaRakesah Daniel 2:44
In am certain that Muslims love this.
Ik a lot of Muslims, they said they don’t like this
This is the most idiotcy ive seen. Laws go state by state. This is twisting the difference between a legal age marriage and Americans of other cultures who bring their arranged forced marriages in USA.
Did you watch this video? Only one story was about the other culture, all the others were white evangelical and very American families
Child marriage is legal in 40 states in the USA. 5 of those states have no minimum age requirement.
This has nothing to do with "other cultures." It is in the USA, among normal culturally American people.