• ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 months ago

    Tbf child marriage is also traditional, Muhammed had a 9yo bride (it’s “ok,” he didn’t have sex with her until she was 11.)

    Defending things based solely on tradition can get pretty weird sometimes.

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      5 months ago

      That’s a tradition that ended a long time ago. I’m talking about traditions that are ongoing. Also traditions that, despite someone else’s claim, probably don’t cause any psychological harm, at least most of the time.

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        I think you may be surprised and hopefully disturbed by this UNICEF article.

        Despite a steady decline in this harmful practice over the past decade, child marriage remains widespread, with approximately one in five girls married in childhood across the globe. Today, multiple crises – including conflict, climate shocks and the ongoing fallout from COVID-19 – are threatening to reverse progress towards eliminating this human rights violation. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals call for global action to end child marriage by 2030.

        So no, it was not “a long time ago.” It’s “hopefully by 2030.”

        Also traditions that, despite someone else’s claim, probably don’t cause any psychological harm, at least most of the time.

        Oh, so as long as you don’t believe the person and can therefore invalidate their feelings without guilt, and it only psychologically hurts “some” people who you I suppose arbitrarily believe over the ones you don’t, it’s fine?

        Not sure I can agree with you on this one.

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          Believe what person? Hurts some people?

          I have asked for evidence that it hurts anyone and have not received it.

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            Also traditions that, despite someone else’s claim, probably don’t cause any psychological harm, at least most of the time.

            Actually you asked for nothing, you made a whole lot of assumptions instead. And

            evidence that it hurts anyone

            Here again you invalidate the feelings of those telling you with their own words that they don’t like it. The evidence they don’t like it is them telling you they don’t like it, you don’t need a scientific paper to corroborate that some people find it objectionable, you just dismiss them because you want to partake in the behavior they find objectionable.