E: this comment explained it very well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36299846 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36299846. Could you explain the cult

E: this comment explained it very well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36299846 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36299846. Could you explain the culture around marriage and dowries a bit more? I'm really confused as to why marriage is culturally important when dowries and that level of abuse exist. Why is marriage common if it's just an excuse to extort the bride's family and it endangers everyone's daughters? From my perspective that's a deal no one would want to take.