2021.Aug.18
The topic I want to talk about today isMarriage between cousinsam.
First of all, a cousin is a child of my parents' sibling.
If you get married, your parents and your parents' siblings will become your in-laws.
In South Korea, marriage between cousins is illegal.
We take this for granted, and cousin marriage
It's hard to even imagine.
Many Koreans are skeptical about the idea of cousin marriage.
It is also true that I feel great resistance.
However, surprisingly, there are countries that have made marriage between cousins illegal.
Rather, it is a minority. Japan, Canada, and most of the OECD members
The country legalizes marriage between cousins.
I just found out about this,
There are only a few countries like South Korea where marriage between cousins is illegal.
I was very surprised to find out that marriage between cousins is mostly legal.
It wasn't difficult to accept.
I strongly support this statement.
"Love who you want."
I live in Canada, a very LGBTQ-open culture.
I've come across this sentence a lot since I've been living there.
Love who you want to love.
Actually, isn't that right?
Whether someone loves their cousin or not,
I don't think we, the country, have the right to stop this.
Whoever loves whom, it is their freedom.
What does a third party have to say, what right does he have to stop that love?
The opposing view often makes arguments like this.
But the blood is mixed?
You're saying there's something genetically wrong with it?
Of course, it is also true that if you are cousins, your blood is mixed.
Biologically, yes, but does that mean anything?
Recently, the number of families without children has been increasing significantly.
If those two are not going to have children, the above argument makes no sense.
It doesn't bother me.
Because it doesn't have a genetic influence on both people.
I have the same position on cousin marriage as above.
(A while ago, topics like marriage between sixth cousins and marriage between eighth cousins were discussed on SNS.
I wanted to talk about this topic because I saw it.)
Now that you've read this, what do you think?