BBC3: My Forced Unwanted 'Wedding' 9pm

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  i_am_a_gremlin Posts: 3,722

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  19/09/11 - 22:24 #2

  Pleased for Jessie but I KNEW Alia would go back..
  
  Feel sorry for the Kids in this situation

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  mincepie Posts: 702

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  19/09/11 - 22:35 #3

  See also: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-14901354

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  trevorp Posts: 225

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  19/09/11 - 23:51 #4

  i_am_a_gremlin wrote: »

  Pleased for Jessie but I KNEW Alia would go back.(

  Absolutely. And at the end were told that Alia has been in Pakistan for 9 months and is now pregnant again. I imagine that she'll return to give birth here courtesy of the NHS (or rather, the taxpayer). From the very beginning of the programme, I didn't find her completely credible.
  
  That's not to say that there isn't a big problem of forced marriage, but it's a pity that we weren't shown a more 'sympathetic' character. On the other hand, perhaps Alia is quite representative. Either way, the taxpayer yet again is having to foot the bill for an imported social pathology.

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  20/09/11 - 17:24 #5

  I thought it was an interesting documentary. I found Alia was a sympathetic character because her situation was complex. I can't imagine being a teenage mother trying to consider my own wellbeing as well as my son's with the pressure put on her by her family.

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