Comment: Why Women or Girls? (5)Frank Jabson *I was really touched by the comments made by Linah Chirimhanzi on how young women are abused by their parents through forced marriages and forced sexual engagements for the purposes of earning something for the family. What I may only want to emphasised on her observation is that this is not a new phenomenon in our society, particularly the African Society. The patriarchal nature of our society is characterised by men playing (un