Imagine going through a busy city street and suddenly you witness something so shocking, stops you in your footsteps.
It is a scene that seems unimaginable in today’s world: a young girl, not a teenager yet, stands next to a much older man as if they were about to marry.
It looks in place, almost incredible, and yet it is a reality that is played all too often in different corners of the world. What if this scene developed in a place like New York, in daylight, where would you expect the public to stand up?
He could be a classmate, a colleague, a neighbor, a friend, a friend or even a family member.
According to a report from the World Bank and to save children, 30,000 girls married every day – use 20 girls every minute or one girl every three seconds. UNICEF states that more than 700 million women around the world were married for children. These girls are robbed of their childhood, refused education, underwent premature pregnancy and deprived of control of their own lives.
You may think this problem is distant or does not occur in developed countries. But how would people react if it happened in daylight … in New York?
The truth is that this is happening all over the world. As Persin, Youtuber wanted to draw attention to the question of children’s marriage and show that he must not ignore it, so he organized a social experiment.
What you see in this experiment is not a real marriage of children, but it is essential to watch, no matter how unpleasant you feel. We must raise awareness of this problem.
For the experiment he introduced as a false wedding between a 12 -year -old girl and a 65 -year -old man in the middle of Times Square. He acted as a photographer and pretended to take wedding photographs of the couple.
The girl and the older man posed and held their hands. He smiled as he looked down at his young bride.
At first, people just walked around and stared, but as the experiment continued, their reactions were increasingly upset.
The angry individuals confronted a man, and one woman asked where the girl’s mother was, and said the girl was too young. Others expressed their shock with comments as “It’s crazy,” “It’s not right”, “it’s not legal” and “you’re a sick pervert”.
One woman even hit and pulled out a girl from a man.
The voltage in the air was tangible and reached the turning point. New York City refused to accept the idea that a young girl would take on an older man – and she wouldn’t have anywhere in the world.
Watch the video below to see a complete social experiment. It’s something we all have to see and think.
Conclusion
This social experiment serves as a strong reminder of the urgent need to solve the problem of children’s marriage. Although it may seem remote or irrelevant in certain parts of the world, the reality is that it affects millions of girls every day and deprives them of their rights and future.
The reactions of people in New York during the experiment – expressing outrage and distrust – the importance of position against such injustice, no matter where they occur, occur. We must continue to raise awareness, question harmful practices and work in a world where no child is exposed to marriage or any form of exploitation.