David, generally they are much older than the girl and the girl has no say in it, that's why they are labelled as forced marriages rather than arranged marriages that some cultures do. It's not unheard of that girls as young as 9 are sold off as brides and die on their wedding night due to the "husband" consumating the "marriage". In fact, the incidence is quite high. Those girls are the lucky ones. They are then no longer subect to being raped daily, multiple times every day by their "husband" and being forced to carry children before their bodies are capable.
This sort of thing isn't just happening in the "mother country", it's happening here too and when they are caught, they scream that it's their culture, so little if anything happens to them. We are told we have to accommodate all cultures and accept their way of life is different or we are called bigots and racists. There are laws for them and laws for us. If we went to their country we would be expected to abide by their laws, yet when they come to our country, we adust our laws for them.
If an Australian man married a 12yo girl he'd be locked up for being a paedophile. If someone from the middle east does it, they are told to be quiet about it and told it's OK because that's their culture. This country is racist towards its own people so as not to upset the immigrants.
