UK: Specialist unit reports more male forced marriages

Submitted by Broadsword on Thu, 2010-07-01 02:38

Article here. Excerpt:

"The government unit dealing with forced marriages received 65% more calls about male victims last year than the previous year, figures show.
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Professionals working with young people were urged to be vigilant during summer, a time when incidents increase.

Men accounted for 14% of the total number of forced marriage cases, numbering 1,682, referred to the Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) last year.

However, due to under-reporting, the figures are thought to be well below the actual number of forced marriages.'

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By "forced marriages" they mean arranged marriages, one male and one female. Apparently, men only object to such an arrangement because

    Many male victims were forced into marriage because their families know or suspect they are gay, it said.

not because they'd rather pick their own bride or because the one they've had chosen for them is ugly as sin, dumb as a fence post, or just plain a b*tch.

    Men accounted for 14% of the total number of forced marriage cases, numbering 1,682, referred to the Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) last year.

But not 50%? Maybe men are raised with a stronger sense of duty and refuse to complain as much as women. I find it hard to believe that men find these arranged marriages any less objectionable than women. But like everything else, men are taught to suck-it-up.

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Submitted by Hunchback on Fri, 2010-07-02 02:52