WTF of the day

From Guardian:

Saudi girl, eight, married off to 58-year-old is denied divorce
An eight-year old Saudi Arabian girl who was married off by her father to a 58-year-old man has been told she cannot divorce her husband until she reaches puberty.
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Relatives said the marriage had not been consummated and that the girl was still living with her mother. They said that the father had set a verbal condition by which the marriage was not to be consummated until the girl turns 18 - although it was unclear how this could be enforced. The father agreed to marry off his daughter for a dowry of 30,000 riyals (£5,400) as he was facing financial problems.


Its interesting that women always end up getting a raw deal, both in societies that give dowry for girls or the ones that take (India and Saudi).

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