Growing Up Sexually

CHAD (Sara; ®TEDA, ®TEBU) 

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“Most marriages in Chad are customary, and the primary objective of these marriages is to have children. In practice, the age at the time of customary marriage for girls varies between 10 and 12 years old. Generally, the girl’s consent is not required; she is educated to submit to her parent’s decisions and those of her future husband. […] Marital rape is punished only in cases of girls under the age of 13[1]”[2]. Leonard (2000)[3] details the discursive realm of female circumcision.

Janssen, D. F., Growing Up Sexually. VolumeI. World Reference Atlas. 0.2 ed. 2004. Berlin: Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology

Last revised: Sept 2004