With all do respect to everyone opinion and culture I believe arranged marriage is not a thing to worry about bcz its not done by force, it's more like picking up the right family than picking up a man and that’s relative to newly married having to live in the same big family house. Moms are protective toward their daughters and don't want a mother or a father in law who is known for his or her aggressiveness handling their daughters or giving her constant trouble, but again that use to be in the past among small communities, girls know pick their won at work for example. But even in the past relatives also new each other including those young ones who are about to be married, it use to be a girl thing to have a crush on her cousin or the neighbor boy .
The girls can always say yes or no when she talks to him before the marriage, and to my opinion ,the girl does not have to be a test drive to 20 men before one of them decides to marry her, girls always complains about "I'm not getting any younger" right? From what I know, girls spend years finding the "right one" but they'll have to suffer tremendous heart feelings of break ups of one boyfriend to another, not to mention losing years with one boyfriend waiting for him to pop the question or get slammed with "honey .. we have to talk :
It's not you ,its me !
We need some time alone !
We have to see other people !
This is not doing it for me !
Today women can talk and set with their future husbands so what is the different ? dating or going out ? not a big deal really, but I guess its more of a se*x thing .
And yes close relatives marriage is wrong in terms of health issues but it is not related to arranged marriage , it use to be in the past bcz of small communities in the region .the awareness of he issue is more now than before.