Comments on: Saudi "December-January" marriage ends in divorce

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:11:00 +0000

I am shocked to learn this man lied about his age. Thank goodness for the Internet, where that cannot happen.

Romeo Vitelli — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:14:00 +0000

Are the parents checking to see if the divorce ruined her resale value?

jackbird — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:37:00 +0000

Absolutely! I mean chattel slavery’s been outlawed there since 1962.

C W — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:23:00 +0000

I assume that it wouldn’t, for exactly those same reasons.

Henry Pootel — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:37:00 +0000

Noodling?

gracchus — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:07:00 +0000

Even in a culture with attitudes toward women as screwed up as KSA’s, I suspect a 70-year-old guy marrying a 15-year-old girl would raise eyebrows.

gracchus — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:04:00 +0000

And now everyone in the neighbourhood is tsk-tsking, saying “gee, they were the *last* couple on the block I expected to split up.”

Leo — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:04:00 +0000

That old bastard tried to ‘catfish’ her!

jandrese — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:56:00 +0000

Is this story really that surprising? The idea that women are people and not property is not universal, especially in highly patriarchal societies.