Nearly 700 students in several parts of Turkey fail to attend classes because of “early marriage or engagement,” according to a report by the Parliamentary Committee on Gender Equality, the Anatolia news agency reported Thursday.

Child marriage and early engagement were most widespread in the eastern province of Ağrı, followed by the southeastern provinces of Diyarbakır, Gaziantep and Muş, the committee said.

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“Some 675 female and 18 male students also failed to attend classes because of early marriage and engagement,” the report added....This makes me wonder why men are so afraid to stick up for women?  Do they not want to appear weak in front of other males?  Of do they truely thing its ok to marry their female children off to perverts?

 Well Goddam :O

a good reason to skip class , better than my last excuse