bolueeleh wrote:

Rutiger wrote:It's a fascinating aspect of one human culture when so much of the rest of the world is hell bent on safeguarding young female virginity. It's difficult to understand the logic behind the concept of maiden love huts, when pregnancy of unmarried teenage girls makes an already difficult young life much more difficult. I don't see how it benefits or empowers young women. I'm not surprised the tradition, if it really was a tradition, is fading out.

in some culture finding the correct son in law can mean the life or death of a whole family, especially an agricultural society

Rutiger wrote:

bolueeleh wrote:

Rutiger wrote:It's a fascinating aspect of one human culture when so much of the rest of the world is hell bent on safeguarding young female virginity. It's difficult to understand the logic behind the concept of maiden love huts, when pregnancy of unmarried teenage girls makes an already difficult young life much more difficult. I don't see how it benefits or empowers young women. I'm not surprised the tradition, if it really was a tradition, is fading out.

in some culture finding the correct son in law can mean the life or death of a whole family, especially an agricultural society

True, but teenage boy behavior being what is often is, it's difficult to see how the possible rewards outweigh the risks from the girls' family's perspective.

bolueeleh wrote:

prahkeitouj wrote:I've listened to it, but It is still interesting! And nowadays such their culture is change by women.

it is not changed by woman per se, it is changed by khmer culture as a whole, these are minority tribes and sub cultures, their way of life and culture will be influenced by majority khmer culture. we should preserve as much of these sub culture as possible (im not saying this because of love huts) as diversity is good, diversity is what makes us human and ensures survivalbilty as a species.