I have friends who are Afghan who have had arranged marriages so this led me to be curious to ask, why does this practice still persist into the 21st century?

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    9 months ago

    Because children are extremely manipulable, & parents use them for their own ends, which is to secure socially advantageous ties to another family by speaking for the child’s wishes long before the child can speak their own