Flight marriage

Marriage “on the fly” is a type of forced marriage in the event of an unplanned pregnancy . Some religions and cultures see the moral imperative in this case, to marry on the basis that extramarital affairs are sinful ^[1] .

The phrase “marriage by flight” is a colloquial expression whose Russian etymology has not been established, also the phrase is an analogue of the American phrase “ shotgun marriage, ” which hyperbolically describes a scenario in which the pregnant girl’s father uses force (threatening with a shotgun, for example) in order to force the guy who caused the girl’s pregnancy to go through this, even sometimes leading him to the guy’s altar to avoid his escape.

The use of force to forcefully consent to marry in the United States is no longer legal, although jokes and other folklore contain notes of similar examples of intimidation in the 18th and 19th centuries. The purpose of such a marriage is to take responsibility for the child by his father as a guarantee that the child will be raised by both parents and that the mother will have material support. In some cases, the main goal is to restore the honor of the mother in the eyes of society.

Airborne marriages are becoming less shameful, associated with having an illegitimate childbirth, as the number of such marriages is growing, on the one hand, and on the other hand, increasing opportunities for protection and abortion reduce the need for single mothers to receive benefits.

In Japan, the term “marriage by flight” ( 出来 ち ゃ っ た 結婚 dekitatta kekkon ) arose in the late 1990s, although it does not carry a similar etymology with the English phrase “marriage at gunpoint”, rather “Oh, it turns out, flew” . Namie Amuro is believed to have begun the tendency to marry and have children at a young age (19-20 years). This practice was widely reported and disseminated in the late 1990s and in the first decade of the 21st century. Among celebrities with marital marriage, there are Nozomi Tsuji and Anna Tsuchiya . Moreover, there is a tendency to intermarriage among the older generation for various reasons, including lack of incentive and socio-economic factors. Such examples are Leah Dizon and Miyavi ^{[2] [3]} .

In China, the term 奉 子 成婚 ( Pinyin : Fèngzǐchénghūn (literally “Caught by a Child”) means having a child outside of marriage. Although the trend for such marriages is growing, they are criticized and criticized.