Reflection 2

After narrowing down my issue to” Should we raise female marriageable to 18? ”, I’m determined to be for it. I searched for information from different aspects such as psychology and physiology to support my point; in addition, I used a real case to oppose teen marriage. However, after the teacher-student conference, I found out I forgot those who are really influenced by the modification of law.
Women who want to get married at very ages are mostly lack of education, financial basis etc. The reason that drives them into marriage is not merely about love. Now that she is hard to make a living by herself, and happens to have a baby with a guy she thinks he is nice, why not she settle down with him? Marriage seems to be a good choice. In fact, teen marriage still has many difficulties that I mentioned in my annotations they need to deal with. When facing those problems, they may feel stressful, and even suffer from the marriage, but the plight is, there is no other choice left. So the fundamental way to avoid unhappy marriage is to give those marginalized young people help.
The modification of female marriageable age to 18 is the main law; however, there must be relative laws to support. Our government needs to offer enough welfare. They have already had maternity leave and parental Leave. In addition, government should further provide some allowance for them to buy baby stuffs and send kids to kindergarten. With these helps, teen moms can finish their studies; so that they can find jobs more easily in the future. They are no longer to rely on men, and still have ability to raise their babies and themselves. Although, undeniably, it’s harder for them to live lives than normal family, it can stop avoidable tragedies, like those ones I mentioned in my annotations, from happening. Of course, if a guy is right for her, others have no rights to oppose them, but under the premise that they are at least 18 years old, and both their parents agree with their decision.
Society should not blame on teen couples once they suffer from their marriage, or something bad happens. Instead, what we need to do is to give them a hand. People, who argue about the modification of female marriageable, are usually not the very group facing the problem. Ironically, those who are really in need seldom speak for themselves. Thus when discussing the problem, a sympathetic point of view should be in place of critique, and political struggle.