This is really random but can we stop calling forced marriages, arranged marriages? Because it puts (and has been putting for years and years) arranged marriages in a really negative light. I know some of you might be reading this thinking ‘well my cousin/friend/etc got into an arranged marriage and she’s very unhappy and was forced into it’. Well! There you have it!! That is not an arranged marriage and it has become a forced marriage.
The thing people don’t understand about arranged marriages is that you don’t put two people in a room and FORCE them to get married. No. Arranged marriages to the brown community are what setting two people up in the western community is when it comes to dating. You’re literally having two people meet to get to know each other with the end goal of marriage. Two people. With the same goal. If there is any PRESSURE on them and it starts to feel FORCED then it! Is! No! Longer! An! Arranged! Marriage!!!!!
In conclusion, arranged marriages and forced marriages are two completely different things and should not be used interchangeably. The end