Beware Of The Risk Of Getting Married Under The Age Of 19

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JAKARTA - The YouTube account of the Adhiguna and Sabrina couple is busy talking about by netizens because they display a number of videos containing their journey to marriage. The real attention of netizens is not because of the wedding procession, but to the bride, who was 16 years old when she married.

In the first video episode, Sabrina tells of her marriage to Adhiguna in August 2019 after knowing her husband 36 days ago. She married at 16 and is still in high school while her husband is 25 years old.

So what are the risks of getting married early, both physically and psychologically?

Getting married too early or under the age of 18 will have an impact on the reproductive organs. Sexologist Haekal Anshari explained that getting married before the age of 20 can increase the risk of being infected with sexual diseases in women.

This condition, he said, occurs when the woman marries an older husband who has been married before or has sex with multiple partners.

"In addition, a fully developed female reproductive organ also increases the risk of vaginal and cervical wounds," Haekal told VOI via text message, Thursday, May 14.

Early marriage to the bride's age under 18 can also increase the risk of human papillomavirus (HPV) transmission and the risk of cervical cancer or cervical cancer.

The dangers of early pregnancy

Marriage that ends in pregnancy at an early age is called Haekal dangerous because of the risk of complications. This risk, he said, often occurs when the delivery process takes a very long time and even takes days.

"This condition is the main cause of death for mothers and babies or babies cannot survive in the first week after birth," he said.

Not only during the delivery process, Haekal also said that the health of children of couples who married early experienced problems.

"Children under five years old who are born to underage mothers have a greater risk of malnutrition (malnutrition) and even have an impact on brain development and the ability of the child to become an adult," said Haekal.

"In Indonesia, currently the minimum age for marriage for women has increased from 16 years to 19 years. Changes in regulations are based on various considerations, including from the health side," he added.

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Young age tends to be unstable

Quoted from halodoc, young marriages are prone to domestic violence. The reason is that they are not mentally ready to face domestic conflicts.

Apart from that, divorce also usually haunts couples who marry at an early age for various reasons, namely continuous disputes, differences in principles, economic problems and domestic violence.

Some time ago, we contacted psychologist Rose Mini Agoes Salim to ask about getting married at a young age. We interviewed Rosi for writing a series entitled 'Marriage Today'.

He said, age is a crucial factor in a marriage and there are factors that make age maturity very influential on one's readiness to enter married life.

According to Rose, people who marry at a young age are vulnerable because of mental and emotional instability. These conditions may make it difficult for someone to adapt to married life.

In general, people who are still young will find it difficult to carry out their marriage responsibilities. Young people actually need a process to live life with responsibility for themselves. From that process, then a person can carry out other responsibilities as husband, wife, or son-in-law, for example.

"If he is too young, where his development tasks are still looking for self-identity, what I want to be like, how do I want to have a career, still busy again, adding more roles later after marriage makes him dizzy. Until he felt I could not adapt," said Rose. Mini a few ago to VOI.

When divorce occurs, the stigma of society regarding the status of widows and widowers is a matter that must be faced. For those who divorce at a young age, this stigma will be increasingly difficult to deal with and has the potential to overwhelm them.

It is even more complicated if the couple has been blessed with children. Both parties should discuss and make considerations for continuing childcare. Starting from where the child should live to other issues related to financing and determining education, for example.

This problem will be very difficult to deal with for those who divorce at a young age. It is not impossible to face. However, the mental and emotional state of people at a young age will complicate the process of discussion and decision making.

"Poor child. Because, like it or not children are not invited to think, exchange ideas when they want to do a divorce. So the parents immediately decide and the child must accept. As a consequence, parents make children become scramble. "said Rose Mini.