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Patriarchal Values and Their Subversion: Consensual and Nonconsensual Bride Abduction in Central Ethiopia
This article deals with bride abduction among the Oromo in Oromia National Regional State (Oromia), central Ethiopia. The data collection was done through key informant interviews, focus group discussions, and case studies in January and February 2020. Both consensual and nonconsensual bride abductions are documented. Girls consent to their abduction to evade parental decisions on their marriage and subvert the patriarchal values of marriage. Young men use bride abduction to lower the cost of marriage and gain access to girls of their choice, with or without the girls’ consent. Once abducted and raped, girls marry their abductors to restore their sexual integrity by observing the patriarchal value of premarital virginity. Older women also reproduce patriarchal values by putting pressure on the abducted girls to accept the marriage. Both consensual and nonconsensual bride abductions function within the patriarchal system, one to challenge and the other to perpetuate it.
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The Journal of Anthropological Research publishes diverse, high-quality, peer-reviewed articles on anthropological research of substance and broad significance, as well as about 100 timely book reviews annually. The journal reaches out to anthropologists of all specialties and theoretical perspectives both in the United States and around the world, with special emphasis given to the detailed presentation and rigorous analysis of field research. JAR''s articles are problem-oriented, theoretically contextualized, and of general interest; the journal does not publish short, purely descriptive reports.