~ Mother & Child Out of Wedlock ~

'A Great Injustice' and 'The Merry Maid' are such poignant stories. Both stories narrate on women and child born out of wedlock. Sex before mariage is not safe for women and the baby. Women can get pregant and end up aborting their unborn babies. The baby born out of wedlock will be tormented by the society. In Asian culture, we are not allowed to talk or think about sex and on top of all committing sex before marriage is a crime.

In 'A Great Injustice', Ah Nya became pregant and was left by her boyfriend Steven. Months later, her tummy started to bulg and that made the society opened its eyes and mouth wide. Ah Nya felt embarrassed. She illegally aborted her baby with indescribable pain. In this case, Ah Nya was affected physically and emotionally. She had to bear the physical pain of abortion and the prickly comments from her unscrupulous neighbours. The innocent baby whom she believed to have a bleak future did not get the chance to see the world.

In "The Merry Maid', Lakshmi had to run away from her family. She could not even raise her newborn and left the innocent child at the door of a rich man. So pity! Her supposed-to-be husband was caught before they could get married. Laskhmi would not want to be insulted by the society and let go of her baby. Later, she joined ad a maid in the house where her daughter, Sakinah was. She had to conceal her love in front of Sakinah. That was a severe torture she went through.

Pre-marital sex is taboo in our culture. Sex is carried out to make baby and this should only be done by those who are married. Pre-marital sex does not benefit anyone and sex to be done without love but lust is not meant for human!