In some villages of South Africa, girls as young as 12 years old are kidnapped by older man and forced to marry. In these zones, there is a myth that if a man sleep with a young, and virgin, girl, his HIV infection will be cured. Really, his HIV continues and infects to the young girl.
This villages are disconnected of the world, they don't know that to sell or to kidnap a young girl (twelve years old!) is illegal, and many people, parents (sellers) and older man, specially widowed by HIV (buyers), really think that they're doing is normal.
Lucky, the government of South Africa and some organizations are working for destroy this absurd myth and tradition, a tradition that steals the innocence from the girls.
I chose this notice because is necessary that we know the reality of other countries, and not always other cultures are defensibles.
Carlos Lechado López.
Photo: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150967/Virginal-young-girls-South-Africa-kidnapped-forced-marry-older-HIV-positive-men-cure-disease.html
