Just how much gain is there in forcing your own child into a marriage that she's not prepared for apart from the fact that she is still not ripe for matrimony?
Even if the female being forced into marriage was of age, in this day and era, arranged marriages should not exist. People have a right to choose who they would want to spend their lifetime with.
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