How on earth can a crime, a sin like rape be converted into something as sacred as marriage? Just for the sake of honour the society hands over the woman to a criminal, but you never know he might rape his own daughter in future just like the mother, then what? Would you ask the daughter to marry her own father? Or what if he goes on raping twenty more women, would ask him to marry each of them. Will marriage make him any less of a sinner or a criminal? How can marriage exonerate him from his crimes? A rapist needs to be punished and not married. Marriage won't make him a husband, he will always be a rapist. A husband's duties involve protecting his wife, a rapist doesn't have the psychological makeup to do so. these laws in various countries which allow rapists to marry the victim are just nonsensical and were designed by patriarchal societies who think that marrying the victim to the rapist will protect their honours. Maybe marriage might shield the scandal but a rapist will remain a rapist until punished and reformed and marriage definitely can't reform him. And in the name of marriage and honour, you ask the women to get raped every day. He needs to get proper punishment, such stupid laws only encourage them to do such crimes. These lawmakers of such countries not only need to revoke such laws and give proper punishment to criminals but also provide proper assistance to the rape survivors. But just the changes in law will not help such victims, the societies need to change, instead of pointing fingers at the victims and their families they need to understand and support them. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/world/middleeast/marry-your-rapist-laws-middle-east.html?smid=tw-nytimesworld&smtyp=cur
