Thread: Гендерные меньшинства

Originally Posted by Eric C.

1. The girl is underage.

That is highly questionable. For example, according to the US marriage laws, you can marry at 17 as long as you have parental consent. Would you really believe in a muslim place like Chechnya a marriage could have been settled without parental consent?

Originally Posted by Eric C.

2. A lot of people would doubt it's her good will to marry that guy, unless she specifically likes old men.

What kind of proof do you think would suffice in order to address those concerns? After all, she openly said "I do" in some way, so...

Originally Posted by Eric C.

3. Although it might be completely legal by the local law, many just find it so unusual (even realizing it might be legal), that they can't help discussing it everywhere.

I think the more realistic reason for discussion is that is not how the European customs are. And since, obviously, the European customs are the best of its kind and hold the true cause of every wish of all people for all time and all places, ergo..

Originally Posted by Crocodile

I think the more realistic reason for discussion is that is not how the European customs are.

Please do not confuse law and customs.

Would you really believe in a Muslim place like Chechnya

If it is a part of Russia it lives by Russian law, it it is not a part of Russia ...why so many lives on both sides were sacrificed?

Originally Posted by Milanya

Please do not confuse law and customs.

If you wanna go by strict law then nothing illegal has happened
1. 17 years is a legal age in Russia in special cases (I believe in some Russian republics minimal age is actually 14 years). It is a special case, because parents agree.
2. Russia wouldn't register polygamy marriages, AFAIK it didn't happen on paper, because he was married unofficially with his first wife (thus not married by Russian law)
3. Age difference is not illegal

So what we have as a reaction in media is "unacceptable customs" not laws.

Originally Posted by Milanya

Please do not confuse law and customs.

I think I can confuse those to some degree. The laws get their legitimacy by the public consent which is primarily based on the customs. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

Originally Posted by Milanya

If it is a part of Russia it lives by Russian law, it it is not a part of Russia ...why so many lives on both sides were sacrificed?

Nice question, but I'm not the one who could properly answer that since I haven't fought those wars. The only thing I could say on the case is that in a typical Western country a male has no legal limit on how many stable sexual contacts meaningful relationships he could have and how many children would be born as a result. The male would have financial obligations to support all of those children and their mothers, despite the fact that legally the male and those females are as close as the "separated couple". Speaking of which. If a man is married three times and have kids with all his divorced wifes, he is legally obliged to support all of them. Both cases are a de-facto polygamy acceptable (and rather widely spread) in the Western countries. If you're interested, I could give my opinion on the monogamy (which I like), but that would be another discussion, I guess..