Married at 14: Zambia’s Child Brides | Woman with Gloria Steinem
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Published 2024-02-06
This episode of Woman with Gloria Steinem first aired on VICE TV in 2016.
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All Comments (21)
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That is not a husband, that is a predator.
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Her face, how incredibly sad. She knows her life is over. She has been given a life sentence of misery to a predator for a cow. She looked so broken.
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The thought of a 14 year old girl “moving her body” and “helping out” the 48 year old man having sex with her makes me nauseous
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Stop calling 14 yr old women they're children!
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Everyone should stop calling her a "young lady" that's a child.
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You can just tell this poor child is completely traumatized . Her eyes just screaming for help but knowing that she’s still going to be married off.
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Underage marriage is child abuse, im proud of the women fighting this issue
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Telling a 14 year old teenager she needs to help her 40+ year old husband out in the bedroom is outrageous and disgusting!
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It's disgusting to think that the poor girl is going to have sex with that old man. It bothers me to see those women teaching her what to do and even being happy about it. Disgusting just disgusting.
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They teach the women how to treat a man. My question is do they teach the man to respect women? She doesn't look happy. 😢
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"The very first thing they are told, is how to respect your husband" 😢😢😢those words don't even describes the word DISGUSTING, SHE IS 14 FOR CRYING OUT LOUDEST ...
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that man saying "I don't know how to do chores" 💀💀 well wtf do you do then sir?
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Look at her eyes…..so distant and filled with sadness.
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No one is considering the wellbeing of these young girls. Truly tragic and cruel.
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As an African myself, it's heartbreaking to me what this girl is going through. She's literally just a year younger than me, and I've never even kissed a guy, let alone thought of being married to one at this age. You can clearly see how much passion she has for her education, even going as far as teaching younger kids at her school. I personally think that's beautiful and ambitious. All for her mother to ruin her future by selling her to this old pervert, for a cow. But personally, I could see where the woman is coming from sort of. The situation in that part of Zambia is so bad, that she thinks marrying her child off before she died would be the best way for her child to survive and thrive. While women and girls are struggling in these parts of the world, we have people like Dylan Mulvaney coming out with pathetic music videos illustrating what he pictures the life of a woman as, in his pathetic small mind. I have to say, I do admire the people of this country, and other people, who are looking to totally abolish child marriage and give the female children here rights to their education. I really hope to be a part of this positive movement someday. This is what feminism is really supposed to be about.
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That poor girl you can see the pain and hopelessness in her eyes .
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This is one of the saddest things I've ever seen...She's not a married woman,, she's a traumatized, violated child.😭. God help these children... Justice for these abused girls!!!!
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To the 48yo "man": why don't you learn how to do your own chores? Answer: he just wants a young virgin to have sex with and control. That's why he said no to school. Utterly disgusting. Dialess is obviously dying inside while everyone celebrates. Horrible. My heart breaks for her and my soul cries for all those young girls.
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She looks defeated. A 48 year old man. This is a tragedy.
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I'm a grandmother and by gosh this grinds my gears!!!! And to hear her voice so flat and void of emotion hurts that much more 💔