Arranged marriage is also common, and some cultures marry off girls while they are still pubescent or even younger.
As Snaps tries to go legit and marry off his restless daughter, the plot develops a bad case of mistaken identities.
But other violations, such as female foeticide or so-called "honour killings" and "stove burnings" which occur here are often rooted in a culture where a female's sexual behaviour is linked to her family's reputation and a tradition where hefty dowries are expected to marry off daughters - a "burden" many can do without.
"Poverty-struck families simply could not afford to feed those mouths, so they'd marry them off early, " said Mr Chapman.
One man she thought she would marry broke off their relationship because he said he wasn't ready to be a father.
The girl's despairing family were hoping doctors at the Centre could turn her into an obedient wife so they could marry her off again.
It also tells the story of Zarina, whose fight to stay in school required her to resist her family's plan to marry her off at the age of 14.
He cast himself as Prince Nikolaus von Wildeliebe-Rauffenburg, the hedonistic scion of a fading noble family whose parents want to marry him off to a homely corn-plaster heiress (Zasu Pitts).
Shafia and Yahya admitted on the stand that they were upset with Zainab for running off to marry a Pakistani man they hated, that Sahar wore revealing clothes and had secret boyfriends, and Geeti was failing in school and calling social workers to get her out of a home in turmoil.
The ebullient Mr Zuma, soon (it is said) to marry his sixth wife, is struggling to fend off a string of charges against him for corruption and tax evasion.
Poor people marry at a much lower rate than those who are better off.
Not only are the well-off and well-educated far more likely to marry and stay married than poorer folk, they tend to marry each other.
When parents were asked how important it was for their children to marry someone Moroccan or of Moroccan origin, the Belgian parents were off the chart: 80% said it was very important, compared to 55% in Spain, 48% in the Netherlands, 32% in Italy, 43% in France and 24% in Germany.
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