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Chechnya's leader Ramzan Kadyrov has urged men to stop their wives from using WhatsApp after anger over a police chief's forced marriage to a 17-year-old spread on the messaging service:
"Lock them in, do not let them go out, then they will not post anything," Ramzan Kadyrov was quoted as saying. Mr Kadyrov had earlier backed a police chief's marriage to a 17-year-old, even though he was already married, in apparent violation of Russian laws. His chief of staff has since proposed legalising polygamy in Chechnya.
Mr Kadyrov, an authoritarian leader and close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has in recent years outlawed the abduction of brides and underage marriage. He is also thought to be in favour of polygamy. His top aide Magomed Daudov said: "It all has to be in keeping with Sharia: But if a man can support more than one wife, then why not?"
Before Saturday's ceremony, local media reported that police chief Nazhud Guchigov, 47, had prevented Kheda Goylabiyeva from leaving her home and threatened her family with reprisals if they did not hand her over.Mr Kadyrov denounced discussion of the marriage on WhatsApp in comments broadcast on local state-run TV. "Stop. Behave like Chechens," he was reported as saying. "The family honour is the most important thing. Do not write such things. Men, do take your women out of WhatsApp." Last week he took to his Instagram account to criticise Russian media coverage of the marriage as "this fuss ordered by some liberals". "The girl's parents gave their blessing to this marriage," he claimed, arguing that reports to the contrary were filled with lies.
(Score: 2) by Nuke on Friday May 22 2015, @07:11PM
I don't know what country, culture or even what century you are living in, but you need to stop reading "Pride & Prejudice" - because the world it and you described was 200 years ago in a certain high level of society. The girls desparate to marry in Pride & Prejudice (and many classical novels) are in the particular situation of wanting to (or their mother wanting them to) marry a rich guy, not any guy, and rich guys who were not just interested in drinking, gambling and whoring were hard to find in those days.
You give figures about the sex ratio - which are figures for employed men against all women. As if unemployment stops a guy from flirting. I specifically said nubile young women - ie ones who are both fit and ready for partnership. What I see in the UK is this :-
1) Many young women at about the age of 20 have an illegitimate baby by a guy who then clears off. At this point the girls mostly withdraw from the dating/marriage scene out of necessity (they cannot afford baby-sitters). They live on Social Security. They are no longer nubile. OTOH, the father is back in the dating scene the very next day, worsening the sex ratio.
2) Many young women prefer to live alone but nevertheless seeing a boyfriend just once or twice a week for the sexual satisfaction and so they can say (to parents, friends) that they do have a boyfriend. This phase of their lives might only last a few years. They cannot stand the idea of actually living with the guy because he is untidy/uncouth/silly/spendthrift/etc. These girls have got their flat or little house just how they like it for themselves.
3) Many young women turn their back on men completely - more or less from the start, but the Group 2 above can also join into this group by the age of 30. They are not necessarily lesbians; fact is women do not generally have such a strong sex drive as men and most can do without sex quite easily. This group tends to includes career girls and unattractive girls (though obviously not all of them).
4) Women have a harem instinct. Many women are more strongly attracted to men who already have women. I know of men living with two or three women, and others with several girlfriends, all aware of each other (the man brags about it), believing they can oust the others one day.
As someone else said here, the difference today from even a generation ago, is that women earn as much as men; they can afford their own housing. They are no longer forced either to marry or to live with their parents for the rest of their lives.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 22 2015, @08:01PM
Women are cunts.
Why would anyone want this shit you describe.
Also they get fat right quick.
Marry young girl children, like men did in the past.