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Re: Asian women and the English language.
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Originally Posted by Gayle
Can I add to the argument something that I think is being overlooked. You're assuming that these women (or men) are actually coming here by choice. Forced marriage is a totally different situation from arranged marriage. In an arranged marriage the woman (or man) can always say no. In a forced marriage there is no option. If a woman is forced into a marriage they don't have any choice about whether they are brought over to the UK or not and they certainly don't have any option about learning the language.
In theory, I actually agree that to live in the UK there should be some effort made about speaking the language - I certainly would if I lived abroad. However, in practice this is not always possible.
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Well then we should be fighting the religions and cultures present in our society that allows this to happen, and not pandering to, patronising and further alienating them by carrying on translating everything into languages other than English. Which in the long term will only prolong the problem not answer it.
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