Thank you.
I didn't know at the start how much you knew about me, but I work entirely with honour-based violence and honour-based crimes. That said, the law is an important signal to send to these families who are considering things like this—but no case has been before the court. I don't think that deserves [Technical difficulty—Editor] because, as you said, I have hands on and I meet the youngsters every day, and what they say to me is, “I don't want to make my family sad”. They're very loyal to their families. At the same time, they are so afraid of this marriage. For example, they tell me that it is like being raped every time you're going to have sex with this person because you didn't choose him yourself. Somebody said, “You have to have sex with this person whether you like him or not.” Still, the family ties are so strong, and because of the way they have been brought up, it's not acceptable to say that you want to do something different than what the family has decided.
It's heavy on their shoulders that they could make the families sad or angry. Of course, not least are the consequences if they say, “I don't want to do this” or they escape to one of our shelters, for example.