Can the law control when, how and whom we love? Can a woman’s desire be policed even further? Maybe we need to look a bit more closely at the connection between the impending change in legal age of marriage and the state intervention in women’s desire.
The third episode of #21seKyaHoga : Meri Iccha Ka Kya? documents young voices from PACE, which asks if this step may criminalize young relationships, especially in the context of consensual sex. Listen to them to ask how increasing the age of marriage affects a woman’s autonomy to choose her own partner.
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