| Intellectual pursuits were considered as threatening a girl's femininity and potential marriageability. |
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| They kept it quiet because they thought it could affect the marriageability of other women in the family. |
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| Circumcision is a way of protecting propriety, morality, and marriageability. |
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| This provision discriminates between boys and girls by providing a lower minimum age for marriageability with respect to girls. |
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| Instead of the seasonal events celebrating the marriageability of cut girls, Kembata-Tembaro began substituting events celebrating uncut girls. |
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| It is also thought to be a way to preserve family honour as well as a girl's virginity and marriageability. |
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| More young women are resisting coercion, because the education that enhances their marriageability also makes them less docile. |
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| Her seducer had ended her marriageability in a society where marriage was essential to her economic survival and social respect. |
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| Program coordinators eventually convinced parents that the training provided by the program would be beneficial and would enhance rather than hinder their daughters' marriageability. |
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| Medicalization of the practice was often perceived to address both health and marriageability concerns: It reduced the immediate health complications yet did not compromise the possibility of the girl getting married. |
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| These gender differences in the impact of age on marriageability further increase the risk of traditional marriage for women. |
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| The teaching assistant at university risked her marriageability by eating an hibiscus ice lolly in the park with me. |
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| Both partners are asked to present the certificate of marriageability, in Mr Bray's case a Walsall Council tax demand, and three formal photos of the couple together. |
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