Ahmadinejad urges girls to marry at 16

[Haole Girl]

Source: msnbc.msn.com

updated 11/21/2010 3:59:23 AM ET

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged young girls to marry at age of 16 in his latest rejection of the country's once effective family planning program, local newspapers reported on Sunday.

Following record birth rates in the wake of the 1979 Islamic revolution, Iran implemented an internationally praised family planning program in the 1990s that dramatically reduced the growth rate. Ahmadinejad has criticized the program as an ungodly and a Western import.

"We should take the age of marriage for boys to 20 and for girls to about 16 and 17," he said, according to the state-owned Jam-e Jam daily. "The marriage age for boys has reached 26 and for girls to 24, and there is no reason for this."

Since coming to power in 2005, the Iranian president has sought to increase of the country's population, which is already at 75 million, with a third between the ages of 15 and 30.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40298045/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

[Warpy]

1. Religious patriarchs are all alike and think

and half the human race is only fit to crank out an infant every year, all boys.

[Posteritatis]

4. At least if they got their wish that would be self-fixing eventually, I suppose.. (nt)

[UrbScotty]

14. False stereotype. (nt)

[napi21]

2. What's the avg. life expectancy of an Iranian? I know the

age of women marrying in my grandmoay in th US was quite young, but at least she told me that was because most people didn't live even to 65.

[Haole Girl]

3. 71.4 years

In 2008. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

[Posteritatis]

6. And 2-3 years less for males, I believe. (nt)

[uppityperson]

5. Been increasing but still 6-10 yr less than USA (70-71 depending on source)

This link is interesting, shows changes over time and can click on more than 1 country to compare
http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=wb-wdi&met=sp_dyn_le00_in&idim=country:IRN&dl=en&hl=en&q=life+expectancy+iran
http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa042000b.htm

[Posteritatis]

7. Google's Public Data section is a wonderful thing. (nt)

[DissedByBush]

13. That would depend on whether they piss off the patriarchy

By wanting equal freedom with men, or just wanting freedom at all.

[Odin2005]

8. typical partriarchal asshat!

[secondwind]

9. HE DOESN'T WANT WOMEN PROTESTING IN THE STREETS & GETTING KILLED.....

Like last time! Keep them home, pregnant and in the kitchen.

[Haole Girl]

10. That was my first thought, also

RIP Neda

http://videosift.com/video/CNN-Video-Of-Neda-Before-She-Was-Killed-In-Iranian-Protest

[Posteritatis]

12. And, you know, the other couple hundred forgotten dead. (nt)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

11. ass

[yurbud]

15. He's probably been looking at too much porn.

[rayofreason]

16. Iran is in deep shit...

Fertility rates among the young have plummeted. The overall rate is 1.8 (below replacement), but among the young it is closer to 1.5. And the most common name for a prostitute in the Gulf is "Fatima." A society that sells it young women is a society with no hope.

Ahmadinejad knows that is this continues, in 25 years Iran will face a stagger demographic collapse. But what he cannot realize or accept is that the Islamic revolution is at the heart of this collapse.

[David__77]

17. Confusing...

Right now, girls marry as early as 13. I am confused by the article and/or his statement. Is he advocating raising the legal age, or lowering the "social ideal" age?

[JI7]

18. he knows he lost the election, with large majority of women voting against him

force girls to marry early and take away their education and take away their knowledge and power.

fuck him.

[The Straight Story]

19. This is just propoganda from the bush admin

:evilgrin: