Child Marriages is a term used to describe marriages between children. It was common practice in many households until far into the twentieth century to marry off their children before they reached puberty.
Women, in particular, were encouraged to marry young, lest they reach adulthood before marrying.
Some apologists argue that this tradition arose as a means of preserving Hindu girls' honor in the face of Muslim invaders.
Though this may have been partly accurate, such depredations were not common enough to develop into a societal norm.
Women had a far greater sex desire than males, according to traditional Indian society, and an early marriage would guarantee that they would not dishonor the family due to their overwhelming cravings.
Because planned marriages were the norm at the time, as they still are now, these weddings were conceivable.
Child marriage was regarded one of the "corruptions" of modern Hindu culture by several Hindu reformist organizations that started in the late 1800s, and they campaigned hard to prohibit it.
The minimal age for marriage in modern India is sixteen for women and eighteen for males.
These rules are often broken, especially in rural regions, where infant marriages are still common.
Although child marriages are still common in contemporary Indian culture, they are linked with poverty, backwardness, and a lack of education.
Men and women from the higher classes, on the other hand, often do not marry until their late twenties, after completing advanced degrees.
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