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    In 2018, Greece repealed article 339 (3), which allowed marriage as a permissible settlement for “seduction” of a child.

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      Turkey’s rape-marriage law was repealed in 2005, as part of efforts to join the European Union. In November 2016, a government plan to reinstate the law and exonerate around 3,000 rapists by having them marry their victims was cancelled due to mass protests.

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        I’ve recently watched a lecture by Graeber about dowry and bride pricing, and yeah I get where these laws come from

        But to keep them until 2018 is wild