Justin Moriarty
I came across this article today that said an 8 year old Saudi Arabian girl divorced her 50 year old husband. This reminded me of the class discussion we had this week about women's (or in this case girl's) rights. The girl's father received $13,000 after he forced the girl into marriage with this middle-aged man. It is quite disturbing that in 2009 we have to read about stories such as this one. Obviously this would never happen in this country because there are laws against it and it is sad that females in the Middle East are subjected to this kind of treatment. I believe that women should receive far better treatment in countries such as Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Middle East regardless of these so called cultural ways of life.
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