Symbolic_Interactionst

Symbolic Interactionst Is it Rape or is it Marriage Many people from different places migrate to the US and with them they bring their culture. The dilemma is that what is right in their culture is wrong in the American culture. The US being a diverse society has to understand these “new immigrants” culture practices because they have lived and followed these practices for centuries. “Because human communication is composed of symbols that have arbitrary meanings and values” in every culture. Islamic people, for centuries in their culture have been marrying off their daughters at the age of 13 and 14. The reason behind this is because it symbolizes that a girl becomes a woman when she passes through puberty. Also, the marriage between a man in his late 20’s and a 13-year-old girl is not seen as odd to them it’s just normal practice. So their marriage is valid because they haven’t broken any norms within their culture. To American citizens marriage between a 13-year-old girl and a man in his late 20’s is seen as rape. The reasoning behind this is because according to the American culture a girl doesn’t become an adult until culture, girl, because, rape, marriage, hmong, two, seen, man, between, american, america, age, wrong, practices, people, late, just, father, daughters, charged, centuries, behind, 20’s, 14, 13-year-old, 13, zij, young, woman, within, wife, values, valid, until