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Just like many cultural conditionings this one seems particularly unfair. Why just the broom? Why can't they both work towards the goal?
by hdjjhhvvhga 5y ago
Just like many cultural conditionings this one seems particularly unfair. Why just the broom? Why can't they both work towards the goal?
- fmajid 5y agoBecause societies where the bride’s parents have to pay a dowry invariably lead to female infanticide, as in India, not that China doesn’t have that problem, but it was caused by the one-child policy and families not wanting the family name to die out.
- hdjjhhvvhga 5y agoDowry is a terrible idea. However, turning 180 degrees and putting all financial burden of marriage on the male seems just as bad.
- fmajid 5y agoThat's what the introduction of Islam did in Arabia. They went from a situation where the bride's parents paid the groom a dowry (with the predictable female infanticide) to one where the groom paid the bride (not her parents) a mahr or "bridal gift" that is a security for her if the marriage is dissolved.