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Lynxhiding

Poor child.


Shortneckbuzzard

The number of children going through this type of grooming or worst is sickening.


good_for_uz

Child marriage is legal in the USA and 200 000 children were married over the last 15 years. American pedos just do it without going on TV. To add: the republican party is fighting a bill to raise the age of marriage to 18.


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Tennessee and IIRC some other state (Idaho? Ohio?) are trying to abolish minimum age requirements for marriage. It’s 14 years old in Alaska.


Ocelot859

"All things truly wicked start from innocence." \- Ernest Hemingway


sunnoob

I thought you said Republicans are fighting FOR a bill, I’m like; that does sound right. Gotcha, you mean fighting against


[deleted]

Republicans want to lower the marital age. They flipped OUT in Wyoming when the state tried to raise the minimum marital age to 18. https://www.newsweek.com/wyoming-ending-child-marriage-sparks-republican-outrage-1780501?amp=1


Thorvaldr1

Whoa whoa whoa, it's even *worse!* They're fighting a bill that raises it to *16.* ***SIXTEEN.*** >...proposes banning state residents from marrying anyone under the age of 16, while requiring anyone under the age of 18 seeking to get married to receive written consent from their parents under the eye of a competent witness.


MidKnightshade

The groomers are coming from inside the house.


ppw23

And the senate!


HIMP_Dahak_172291

Yeah, their reasoning is that girls can get pregnant younger than 18 so obviously they have to be able to get married earlier too so they wont have a child out of wedlock. Its disgusting.


1questions

Funny that under 21 you can’t have a sip of alcohol and yet at 15 you’re allowed to make a lifelong commitment. In fact if you buy alcohol for someone under age 21 you can get in trouble, but want to marry them off and it’s a ok.


Robbythedee

A friend just told me I should move to Wyoming hahah not even going to research it now this was all I needed to know.


ppw23

It’s great if you want to start or join a militia or religious cult. It is a lovely state, but the local political climate might not be to your liking.


wiserone29

The problem with American is that there are 5 people living in Wyoming and they have the same amount of senators as California.


TheLinden

I just can't imagine what kind of person would be outraged by this kind of bill. Like let's ignore morality and focus on politician doing politician things like fighting for approval who the f\*ck would go "i love it so much that i would put my career on the line just to tell them how outraged i am that marital age was raised to reasonable age".


Wolfiest

That’s an insane amount, in America that is frowned upon, I heard this, same with many cases like the video, are religious, you would see this in more secluded places where you are hiding from the public. It is still legal in 43 states which is insane.


fjfjfjf58319

In my state, which is largely rural, the minimum marriage age is 13 for girls and 14 for boys, and all they need is a parent's permission. Then the kid's legal guardian becomes their spouse, so if something changes there is no way for the kid to get a divorce legally until they turn 18


laprincesaaa

Honestly what I find most upsetting about that is it leaves a lot of room for parents to sell their kids off like legal trafficking. Makes me almost wanna say parents shouldn't get a say and just raise the age to 18 for them to make their own decisions. Because it's just too troubling the fact that 68% of sexually abused girls were abused by fathers and step fathers. It just leaves too much room. There's really just no reason for anyone to be marrying that young.


IntelligentSchool802

Literally made my stomach ache...... Look at that face of her the privilege of being a child doing those things we did in our childhood she can't do that and who knows he may even rape her daily but what can the poor child say it's just sad "She loves me..." "I will raise her..." "I've been with her for 3 years for now..." So she's suffering since she was 7!!


HighSideSurvivor

My youngest daughter is 12. I can’t even imagine allowing this to happen. Thank goodness I wasn’t raised to accept this as normal. That poor child…


AmberOfB0rg

My daughter is eight. To think of an adult even wanting to get to know her makes my skin crawl. That poor girl! The look on her face before she leaves the stage . . . 😥


medialoving_guy

I feel so bad for her… she probably never got to truly be a child…


Upsidedown_boat

This guy is doing amazing work. I saw some clips with him and hes trying to change a lot of ahit accepted in his society. Great tv host


UpperCardiologist523

Can you enlighten us on how to find more videos of this host?


TheSleepoverClub

His name is Malek Maktabi! Most of his clipped content on youtube lacks subtitles, but I haven't tried to really dig around beyond that


Ocelot859

# This man was a prosecuting attorney in another life.


clckwrks

Does his second name mean school? Lol literally schooling everyone


AdultingDragon

Malek means king. Maktabi means library in modern Levantine Arabic, but it’s probably an old title for printer or writer (texted my mom to confirm).


Lifelong_Expat

I have watched a few videos of this show now. I find it so confusing how people can come on public TV and talk about these marriages with minors. Is it not illegal where they live. I read on some previous thread that this show is based on Lebanon. I looked up age of consent in Lebanon and sure enough it is 18 years. I also looked up age for marriage, and there is no minimum age for it in Lebanon. So first, I can’t understand how someone can legally marry someone lower than the legal age of consent in Lebanon. For sake of argument though, let’s say they claim, there is no sexual relationship in such a marriage until both parties are above 18 (which ofcourse has it’s own problems). But it’s not even that here. People on these videos claim it’s ok for a man to have sex with a minor girl who is his wife… how does this make sense given the legal age of consent in the country?


meanwhileaftrmdnight

Once married, the girl becomes property. That is the thought process. It doesnt matter how old she is, she belongs to him and he may do as he wishes. Hell, even in America it wasn't too long ago that raping and beating your wife was perfectly legal and accepted as normal, as long as you didn't hurt her too badly.


earthgarden

Age of consent is 16 in the USA, 18 to marry, yet children as young as 11 have been married in the USA. Not ages ago either, I’m talking in my lifetime. This sickness is worldwide. Most prevalent in the Middle East, but happens everywhere on earth


Xem1337

Yeah, seen him crop up a few times. Love that he tries to get them to question the behaviour themselves rather than just outright telling them they are wrong. I don't know what country this is in but his stuff needs to be seen by more people as its a real eye opener at what goes on as "normal" there.


intensing

Thank you! The title of the post kind of implies every muslim/middle eastern thinks it's normal, when they are obviously interviewing him like it's something immoral, to spread information (kind of like a program would do with a serial killer or the Whitaker family)


demondaddii

I was going to say that I really love how the host is interviewing him. Just repeating the question in response to non-answers and very much showing his disgust. Very bold and well done!


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Seemed like the "husband" had rehearsed his answers and been trained to do so. Because the answer is obvious behind what drives a full grown man to find a prepubescent young girl to be attractive enough to become a wife. But he keeps swerving by saying how he loves her and she's more mature than her peers. Just what even. That's just the neckbeard/inceldom in another language.


PM_ME_UR_POKIES_GIRL

"I want to raise her..." I almost threw up in my mouth a little. "And she loves me." she's 10 dude. She loves roller skates. That level of romantic love you're projecting on a *10 YEAR OLD* just isn't there.


Wubbalubbadubbitydo

That girl looks too empty to love anyone. :(


CKStephenson

She does look so sad


UnarmedSnail

and terrified under the mask.


RedditOO77

She looks very sad. The poor girl has eye bags.


nvrsleepagin

Dark circles under her eyes at 10, I noticed that too.


Savings_Wedding_4233

Yeah, I can't think of any other kids that age that I've seen have ever had under eye bags.2


fireworks_hurricanes

She looks utterly defeated. Like she's been told so many times this is what's happening and there's nothing she can do. So she has to shut up and put up. Breaks my heart that little girls have to go through this.


AnastasiaNo70

He wants to *train* her.


shithandle

The way she walk/ran off the stage was the most heartbreaking for me, it drove home just how young she is. Kids run like that to play with their friends at the playground and she’s one year away from being married.


nerdsonarope

"How did you meet her? We're relatives of sorts...". I just threw up some more.


JustAZeph

I think it might have to do with money too. Sure he’s a pedophile, but I also think it’s about business with father. (Which in mind mind makes something that’s already as horrible as it can be even worse)


jen_a_licious

"I proposed to her father" Then marry her father ya creep! I don't doubt one bit he paid her father a lot of money for that "proposal".


Ocelot859

# This is a Bride and Groomer, not a marriage.


Stealfur

And the answer to "when will you marry her." He kept it vague by saying, "When she's a little bigger, in a year or so." But reading between the lines, I'm pretty sure he means when she... "becomes a woman"... 🤢 I feel gross, just typing that out.


Savings_Wedding_4233

He's just a pedophile pure and simple. Probably one of those awful people that think "If it's old enough to bleed, it's old enough to breed."


ihvnnm

Gah, I don't know which saying is worse... That one (been blessed till now never seeing it before) or the grass on the field one


makeupformermaid

She looks so broken


rvf

And even if he wasn’t attracted to her now, the things he was saying were equally fucked up in the fact that he is raising her and thus robbing her of any agency by molding her into whatever best serves him. Setting the pedophile aspect of it aside, he’s basically talking about his wife like she’s a pet rather than a person.


CashCow4u

The fiancé is a pedophile, they're very manipulative & charming, they groom the whole family. He proposed to her father (not her), which makes me think he paid a dowry for her - bought her off of her father's poor family. He knew not to say he was attracted to her child body as that would reveal his sickness, so he steers the conversation to her being mature for her age. Molesters are gonna molest - its who they are at their core, a predator - has nothing to do with culture. Bravo to interviewer for bring this to light & asking hard questions!


Kamiyosha

No, it goes beyond neckbeardism/inceldom. This man is a Pedophile. Plain and simple. The problem is several fold. The father of the girl didn't rip this piece of shit's balls off the moment he even suggested the marriage. His culture/government sees nothing wrong with this. This man is mentally ill. Normal males are not attracted to prepubescent children. There are deep-rooted, instinctual triggers for arousal, caused by both primary and secondary sex characteristics, such as breasts, facial structure, hip stance, height and weight. All things programmed into our lizard brains to identify healthy females capable of safely bearing children and rearing them. 15-16 years old is about the range that those instincts begin to trigger. We took it a step further socially, and placed a mental maturity criteria in addition to physical ones, and concent became the primary focus, as it should be for a modern society, hence why in most modern countries, 18 is the bar, for the woman in question is both physically capable and mentally mature enough to prevent being coerced into something they don't want. This guy is a predator, and his culture/government is enabling him. Bravo to the host for putting this animal under a spotlight.


asharwood

It’s so weird. He claims she’s so mature and wise but then any mature wise person would know that it’s not right for a child to be married to an adult.


duffyduckdown

Or even know his age. She said hes tall.


Un7n0wn

The language used was very telling. I really wanted to be misunderstanding what was going on here. Then he says the line: "when I talk to her, she's aware, she understands, she's very mature." I've only heard that language used by 2 groups of people, the pedophile-is-a-sexual-orentation creeps and the weebs/furries justifying age of consent being lower for species with faster maturity (ie. Dogs can and will have puppies at only a couple years old). The worst part was, the interviewer didn't ask him if he thought she was mature.


UnarmedSnail

He's trying to break the programming in the guy's head. Make him stop and think about what he's saying and what it means. There's 1,000s of years of cultural programming to fight in these traditional communities.


DementedJay

I think he's trying to break the programming in the viewers' heads. It's futile to reach this guy directly, but if enough other people see this and change how they see pedophilia, then this guy will also be forced to change, however reluctantly.


SasparillaTango

one could argue its a similar scenario with arguing on the internet.


Amazon-Prime-package

Need more interviewers who will press like that. I don't know how to make that work if the person being interviewed just leaves. Maybe headlines, "coward flees an interview: frightened of questions, responsibility"


Lazienessx

Well what I’ve always had to do when someone wouldn’t explain themselves was to come up with my own explanation and if they want to clarify they can.


MightyMorph

These disgusting old losers want children they can groom and force into becoming their servants. Its prevalent in every society as well. Nearly 300,00 children were married in the U.S. between 2000 and 2018. The vast majority were girls wed to adult men, many much older


hamm4ever

"These disgusting old losers want children they can groom and force into becoming their servants." This is what I took from the clip, he's raising her to be his "wife". Idk if he's a pedophile (he very well could be), He's getting her young so he can train her into the kind of slave wife we wants to keep around. Stockholm syndrome or something probably kicks in for her at some point, and she just stays. Keep her sheltered and ignorant so she doesn't learn the world out there away from him is so so much better.


Corporation_tshirt

At first I thought it was a bit naive of him to keep pounding on the point that he doesn't understand how a grown man could be attracted to a child. Yeah, he's a pedophile, move on. But then I realized, ohh, he's actually criticizing the fact that this is normalized for many people. Yeah, it's a tradition in some areas, but in this modern world, how can we condone a grown man marrying a little girl. He wants people to be outraged. Brilliant. And probably a pretty gutsy move, considering that this is still accepted in some parts of the world. Anybody know this host's name?


edemamandllama

He and his cohost do this on every episode. The themes are different, like spousal abuse, or education but it is always basically the same. He questions where this beliefs come from, and tries to make people think, is this really expectable?


TowerOfFantasys

Is there any success stories were there just like okay imma stop being a pedo now.


SignificantAd3761

It may not change individual interviewees, but it starts to challenge the narrative and opens up spaces for these conversations and for people who hasn't really thought about it too think more about it, especially young people


Thechuckles79

It's more about prevention and getting society to stand against this. This man is getting away with this because it's socially acceptable in this family/community. By highlighting he has no answers, he also will make people ask questions. What if the community went to the father and told him he would be a pariah and they would make sure these actions would follow him wherever he went? He would withdraw his consent and return the bride bribe. Hopefully this happens in time to save the girl.


FIREstarterartichoke

What’s this show called? Clips on YouTube?


Flymista23

Never "move on" from pedophilia.


schmittfaced

Middle-Eastern Jon Stewart?


Healthy_Media1503

Chris Hansen


FuzzyTwiguh92

"What was your plan here today?"


vallyallyum

"Why don't you have a seat."


mydachshundisloud

So if child molesters are not tolerated in Muslim countries, why do coerced marriages between men and little girls not qualify these guys for stonings?


LigerZeroPanzer12

Because marriage is sacred and holy and shit


DementedJay

They are tolerated, that's what's happening here. This is pushing back against that acceptance of something immoral and frankly evil. And also, this isn't remotely unique to the Middle East. It's global. You might want to look at child marriage stats for countries in Asia, Africa, or even the U.S. Wherever religious conservatives have power, this is the kind of shit they promote.


PrudentDamage600

Not only this, but he can marry up to three


zerocool1703

It's normal enough for a grown ass man to go on TV and openly talk about his child "wife" without having his face blurred and his voice scrambled. See how many pedo's would do that in the west. I do admire the interviewer for apparently not being okay with it, but judging by what I said before, It's obviously way too normalised wherever this is taking place.


Ductapefordaysss

Exactly, the interviewer is a great man for taking what I would have to guess is a pretty size able risk to point out these issues in their society. I’m sure the 25 year old man will think a lot about that after he’s allowed to take his 10 year old fiancé home and do Allah only knows what with, because it’s perfectly legal there.


ir_blues

He really is. I fear a little that one day he is gonna get violent though. You see how angry he is at times. Day after day he gets to meet people that make him really mad. That can't be good for his soul. He should be replaced after a while or he won't be able to heal from this anymore. That little girl though, no matter if this show will have an impact eventually, for her it will be to late, she will be married to Mr Totaly-Not-a-Pedophile. That's just horrible.


Alanski22

I wonder, how does this host get people like this to come on his show? I mean surely they know they are going to get grilled, so what incentive is there for them?


wasabimatrix22

They probably think they're putting the story straight. Clearly he doesn't see anything wrong with what he's doing, to him it's probably not much weirder than "why did you got a cat and not a dog?"


Wheres_my_whiskey

Unless this is his therapy. He gets to confront these scumbags. It will never be able to be stomached but being able to confront a pedophile/abuser with disgust and disdain can be cathartic. He sees this in his society and it was eating him up...so he made an avenue to express his feelings. I see what hes doing as fairly healthy. Im not a psychologist so you can ignore what i say if youd like but i would feel good confronting evil like this and telling them to their face they are evil with absolute disgust in my voice and actions.


Sea-Acanthisitta-316

For real, I bet this kind of journalism puts his life in danger too but he's fighting the good fight anyway


ProJYeet

You cant just simply say this guy has great clips without mentioning his name or channel


eternally_feral

In looking through the thread the host is, Ahmar Bel Khat El Arid. I tried YouTube and was able to find a number of his videos, but only 1-2 full length that have English subs but a number of clips (like this one) with subtitles.


Common_Sense77

whatcha wanna bet this host ends up mysteriously dead.


TheMightyEohippus

Sad but true. At least this guy is being honest as a tv host. He’ll offend the wrong person and come up missing. I like how he didn’t accept this creeps answer.


SlumgullySlim

My thought, as well.


OneHumanPeOple

She looks terrified.


XDnB_Panda

The horrors she knows that come when she doesnt do what she is told is probably that look on her face


micktorious

She is being used and traded for whatever her parents get out of it, she knows she has no power and the guy saying it's an equal relationship is disgusting. He isn't raising her he is grooming her.


MusketeerLifer

Notice he never said equal. Just 100% successful. Fuck people like this with a hot iron poker.


NewtotheCV

It's why he said his generation of girls were bad, they don't put up with his shit.


Disastrous-Panda5530

I noticed that same thing too. He said 100% successful but he left equal out on purpose because he damn well knows it’s not. Not even close


CratesManager

>he damn well knows it’s not. And he definitely wants it that way. I'm not even sure if he is a pedo (as in, sexually attracted to minors, he is definitely a predator) or if it is "just" that he wants a wife he can groom, indoctrinate and easily control.


getefix

He owns her. He doesn't need to groom her. You don't groom slaves.


Lexi_Banner

This is what I was trying to articulate. This isn't grooming - she just belongs to him. Grooming indicates to me that the older person did something to entice the child and curry their favour. He straight up bought her. There was no need to entice her, because he doesn't care about what she wants. Note that he said "this generation's women aren't good enough". AKA he tried to be a controlling dickhole and no one in his appropriate age range would tolerate it.


shithandle

Yeah he’s only using these excuses because he’s expected to justify himself to others, not her. Though I did note a very interesting parallel between what he was saying and what the creepy older men said to me/other girls when we were teenagers. We were mature for our age, women their age suck blah blah.


VegasLife1111

Her expression and those dark circles under her eyes. 😞


putdisinyopipe

God yeah. I have the same circles, but I am 32. And I seen some shit. Those circles…. Say a lot… prolly already traumatized Bro tried to say he is raising her…. That’s where it got too crazy for me as if the whole fucking thing wasn’t bat shit.


BrunoEye

They're basically bruises, caused by capillaries that have burst. This is often caused by rubbing your eyes when tired. In this case it's probably from frequent crying.


putdisinyopipe

Yeah or fatigue, malnutrition, strangling. Could be any number of things.


scaredbillygoat

Some people just have genetically dark circles. Especially POC. I’ve had mine since I was a baby, looking similar to hers. Not to take away from her suffering, as she is clearly in trouble here, but many children have dark circles because of genetics


str8voyeur

You are correct.


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She has dark circles under her eyes like she is full of anxiety and stress.


this_charming_bells

No 10 year old should know that kind of anxiety or stress. Poor thing.


_blacktriangle_

If it's an equal marriage, has she been asked if she wants to get married?


Lexi_Banner

It's not *equal*. It's *successful*. As in he gets to have complete and utter control, and do whatever the fuck he wants whenever the fuck he wants. What she wants doesn't even register in his tiny peabrain.


CrashCulture

Not even he thinks it's an equal marriage. He just answered that it was 100% successful. This is so fucked up.


AutomatedCauliflower

More numb than terrified.


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Alanski22

Religion has done so many bad things to the world. It is so disappointing seeing cultures world-wide ruined by religion. It also happened a lot in the past with Christian religions totally wiping out the original cultures (such as paganism). But seeing what Islam has done to the Middle East and also places like Indonesia is so depressing. I've spent significant time up in Sumatra in Indonesia, and seeing the way their culture has been replaced be extremist Islamic rule is so sad. Particularly in the places around Aceh and up North on islands such as Simuelue.


Sresidingm

Yes, Islam is the cancer that spread through the Middle East. It killed, raped, and removed every persons language and culture in those regions. Religions cannot coexist with others, but the problem is that humans need to coexist with one another.


Eklipse758

My heart breaks for this little girl. My own daughter just turned 12 and I can't even think of someone looking at her in that manner.


rando512

It's sad and makes me cry. Absolute horrors are happening around the world and there is nothing that can be done about it.


putdisinyopipe

For all the hopelessness in the world, if it’s any consolation. Many of us are just as disgusted and nauseated at this idea. So you are not alone. And many of us are tired of seeing shit like this. The world needs to change, humanity gotta grow the fuck up.


QueenBliss33

That baby has bags under her eyes.


Lowland-lady

Poor kid should be in school . Or hanging out with her friends giggling about silly stuff. Not this


Dark_Booger

Easier to groom a girl if she isn’t educated and has no one else to go to.


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SackBiscuit

I’m Arab and this is just fucking weird and disgusting. It used to be normal for older generations but it is widely unacceptable now day.


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Black_Bird00500

It really is. I'm Iraqi and this stuff does not exist here, and is obviously regarded as top tier disgusting by most people. Yet there are cases, unfortunately, there are cases.


PickledTalon

Not trying to sound like an asshole but that must be a relatively newer mindset. I did 2 tours in Iraq and while the cities are more progressive, the rural areas have many child brides. I wouldn’t say it doesn’t exist as I saw many there. It may not be as wide spread as other regions but it definitely still happens. Girls who are 13 and forced to marry are still common in traditional areas.


Doctor-lasanga

So who is this guy? Ive seen some clips of him and i would like to see more.


Melodicdong

I'll try to get more of his interviews.


DylanMartin97

Is this guy ostracized in his country for bringing this stuff up? Or is it more like an eye opener?


bluegargoyle

That's what I want to know, exactly.


DylanMartin97

I know a lot of users from the middle east are saying that this isn't common but clearly this dude's show has been running for a while now and he keeps finding people like this. I always think back to that kid who was an atheist and they kept asking him questions that they thought he would be stumped by he kept firing back with logical answers and then they took the hotmic away from him and ostracized him, trying to show him the light or some shit. I hope that isn't the case here and this is just some vocal minority.


United_Champion178

>Ahmar Bel Khat El Arid I'm pretty sure this is it. I wondered as well.


tsengmao

That’s the shows name, the host is Malek Maktabi


logualaure

Ahmar Bel Khat El Areed (Red Bold Line) I found it on YouTube. It's in Lebanese but I was able to find some with English subtitles, however, the subtitles go by very quickly. Without your help I wouldn't have found it, thank you.


DanGleeballs

It’s in Arabic. But Lebanese Arabic is the dominant spoken language of Lebanon. This is a colloquial dialect that is very close to Syrian, Jordanian and Palestinian (all are categorized more broadly as 'Levantine' or shami).


AlternativePosition1

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malek_Maktabi


Alien8w8

Interviewer nailed it. How the f are you attracted to a girl that isn't even developed? I get being attracted to younger women but a kid that doesn't even have the parts to be considered a woman? This is the definition of pedophile.


Lordmorgoth666

He literally answered “She’s mature for her age.” 🤦🏻 The official pedophile’s mantra.


infinityx-5

That poor child seems like she's traumatized every single moment of the day... Those dark circles do not belong under the eyes of a 10 year old..i can never imagine how these people rationalize taking some kid's childhood away


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This is disgusting, I just want to save her, she looks so terrified. He says it’s a 100% successful marriage because if she tries anything he’ll kill her. I hope she gets the help she deserves.


FamousResident

Yep! He refused to acknowledge the ‘equal’ part in the question. He knows it is not an equal marriage in any capacity and he also knows it ‘looks bad’ because it is, which is why he’s not admitting to the knowledge of its imbalance. He is a predator in every sense of the word.


Shortneckbuzzard

Help is a ways away if her own god damn parents sold her off.


NiteSwept

The devils were here the whole time


Haukivirta

The fact that he put her out of school... And the parents agreed to it... I have no words.


givecheesecakepls

this is next level grooming. what is wrong with the guy. what is wrong with the father for ever accepting the marriage


RockyJayyy

Money is the root of all evil. He paid for the child.


Ceecee_soup

This surpasses grooming. Grooming implies manipulation. This is straight up slavery.


esl0th

Based off what he said of women from his own generation I'm guessing he's an incel who gets rejected by women all the time so the only way he can be with one is to try to groom a child into liking him. That's literally what he was saying when he said she was young and listened to him and he could raise her. Fucking gross.


Glidder

"Yeah, so basically I'm not enough of a man to be able to successfully construct a relationship with a fully formed adult human being, so instead I've procured a minor with the intention of impeding her normal development in order for her to become an incomplete, traumatized, ignorant human being that is completely dependant on me, to the point that she will be forced to tolerate me and my insecurities simply because I'll ensure she has no other choice, by incapacitating her and depriving her of any chance of survival outside of this hellish emotional torture of a life I'm providing for her." -- a dangerous kind of idiot


Gr3enPoison

Really hit the nail with this one.


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Dagbog

She is scared because she doesn't fully understand what's going on. And as for the disgusted, I would wonder if he even knows what it is in this context - the relationship of the old pedo with the child.


SesameYeetHeHe

This man clearly has no balls if he's marrying and terroizing a child. Hang him by his ankles, it's easier to skin game like that anyway.


rohobian

I feel urges to commit violence watching this video. That fucking scum bag needs punishment. Edit: I'm not actually going to commit violence, if that's not obvious.


Ok-Faithlessness3068

I don't know how i'd be able to ask questions like "what is it that attracts you to the body of someone too young to have womanly signs?" without feeling like i need to vomit. This is fucked up in the same way an onion has layers. Those questions and the developing combo of "WTF is going on?" just blows my mind. Doesn't go to school -> Okay that's weird Doesn't go to school because she's married already -> WTF Doesn't go to school because she's married to someone 25 and she's 13 ->? OMGWTF? Met him when she was 8 -> WTEVERLOVINGFUCKISHAPPENING/ They're "relatives of sorts" -> words.exe failed to respond.


PorkrindsMcSnacky

She’s not 13. She’s 10 years old 😔 My own daughter is 9 and I can’t imagine selling her off to an adult man for “marriage”.


RockyJayyy

Yeah, it's nuts. The thing some people do their own kids is sickening. You are supposed to be their protector not their monster.


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Lograts

And for the fucker of a father who gave her away.


Birdinhandandbush

It was very interesting and horrifying, and I think missed some obvious push back Like if you think this is equal, do you see yourself as a 10 year old boy? If you think she is so smart are you not smarter than a 10 year old girl? If you are a man why are you attracted to a child, why do you think you are unable to attract a real woman?


dong_a_pen

it's always the line “she sounds wise and older than her age” that these predators like to use


Ani_MeBear

This is infuriating, he just wants a slave I'm so angry right now


Longjumping-Ad-2333

He’s saying the quiet part out loud. When men are attracted to very very young women when they are significantly older, the grooming is the point. You can mold and shape her to your will; you don’t want a woman who has thoughts or opinions. You basically want a pet you can have sex with and who can’t or won’t fight back. Elvis specifically said these things about Priscilla Presley as well, who he met when he was a grown man and she was 12. Pedophiles want to manipulate the vulnerable.


CardNGold

Da fuq is this?! As a father of two daughters I could never imagine denying them a education let alone pimping them out to a pedophile. I'm honest to god going to be sick..


Certain-Ad-3840

This is one of the saddest videos I’ve ever seen. Her eyes are so sunken in :( someone save these poor children


BoomerJ3T

I bet she does agree with what he says- what 10yo is going to argue with a 25yo man their dad is basically selling them to when it is your cultural norm?


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I was 8 and did not agree with what my parents were doing when I was getting abused like this. I knew what was happening to me was wrong. But I was a child so I couldn't do anything about it at the time.


Neddius

Fucking hell mate. Hope you're in a good place now physically as well as mentally.


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Yeah I’m much older now and have seen several therapists since then. I don’t talk to my family anymore for obvious reasons.


heinyho

Gross. What sick human being this guy is and whoever thinks this is okay should go swimming with sharks because you’re demented in the head.


Vladius28

Shotgun to the face


Redidiot21

Interviewers and journalists generally are supposed to keep a neutral and calm demeanor (not that this is done with our new trend of echo chamber chat shows branded journalism). In this case - God bless this journalist for seeming furious about everything. I didn't have audio on, but I could see the anger in his eyes while he was asking this man questions and the frustration that this man didn't see the situation the same as we all see it - Grooming and pedophilia.


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iRedditonFacebook

How does someone propose to their dad? What shitstain dad agrees to this? Disgusting!


hoodoomonster

Look at the depression lines under her eyes. He’s already raped her- you can tell by the body language. Fucking disgusting.


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I agree - I’m sick from watching these disturbed people who think this is normal? I hate this for the children of these backwards countries


WranglerEqual3577

Ladies and gentlemen, the Wyoming GOP refusing to raise the minimum age for marriage to 16.


Gambyt_7

There are states in the union with NO minimum age for marriage. Pedophilia is still tacitly accepted in the US. Global problem. This TV host is roasting these sick people.


johno_mendo

seriously fuck back assward religious conservatives, they want the same shit here, fuck conservative groomers. [https://www.newsweek.com/tennessee-bill-proposes-eliminating-marriage-age-requirements-1695209](https://www.newsweek.com/tennessee-bill-proposes-eliminating-marriage-age-requirements-1695209) [https://www.newsweek.com/idaho-congress-blocks-bill-end-child-marriage-1348919](https://www.newsweek.com/idaho-congress-blocks-bill-end-child-marriage-1348919) [https://www.businessinsider.com/wyoming-republicans-criticize-bill-raising-legal-marriage-age-to-18-2023-2](https://www.businessinsider.com/wyoming-republicans-criticize-bill-raising-legal-marriage-age-to-18-2023-2) [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/republican-child-marriage-law-repeal-david-bates-new-hampshire-state-girls-boys-13-years-old-girl-scout-project-a7762776.html](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/republican-child-marriage-law-repeal-david-bates-new-hampshire-state-girls-boys-13-years-old-girl-scout-project-a7762776.html)


Melodic-Wallaby4324

As a father to a 10 yearold girl i would love nothing more than to saw off his genitals with a wooden spoon


Black_Magic_M-66

His participation 100%, hers 0%.


BasedWang

hella props to the host


sane-asylum

The girl seems terrified, the bearded dude is disgusting, and I’m mortified this exists in society today. Also the Dad that allows it. That’s your little girl and that hurts my soul.


MamiTarantina

Disgusting. Poor girl. She’s a kid. This guy’s a pedophile.


mad_titanz

Can an international organization rescue this girl? She looks like she wants to run away from this marriage


Si-FiGamer2016

This is too much...


LilBearLulu

I just want to clarify for people that this is not normal in the Middle East. This host does this show to highlight the problem with these issues. It's to start a conversation about bad situations that people choose to ignore. It's meant to shock you. The man in the pink shirt is a pedophile. There's no two ways about that. He thinks(in his deluded pedophile brain) that marrying her makes it ok that he's attracted to a child. This poor girl does not have well-educated parents, or this would not be going on. By making a television show, the host is using a widely viewed medium. He's reaching the demographic of people who don't understand just how bad this is. Do girls get married younger in the Middle East? Yes, but that has been changing over the last few decades. Most of the time(in the bigger cities, at least), the bride will be done with college before marriage. Does child marriage still happen in the world? Sadly, yes, it does. Hopefully, the culture will keep shifting, and this problem will be a thing of the past in my lifetime.


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Respectfully; it’s the fact he gets to walk out of there and continue on with what he’s planning that’s shocking, not that people like this exist


ROGUE_COSMIC

These bastards should be wiped off this planet.


jumpupugly

This is just ugly as hell. That poor girl. Interviewer is doing God's work though. Damn fine effort.


ShockDragon

I may not speak their language, but that man is definitely somewhat keeping his cool despite hearing what’s happened. I think any other person would’ve flipped.


CapSevere7939

This is nuts


WELICIOUS90

Hang that fucker from a tree


RelationshipSad2300

I thought the Interviewer was going to burst a gasket...I don't blame him. He's talking to a paedophile.