You can replace bride with dog and nothing changes. We can sugarcoat it all the way we want, but in biblical times, when parents are under economic stress, fem

You can replace bride with dog and nothing changes. We can sugarcoat it all the way we want, but in biblical times, when parents are under economic stress, female newborns are laid in the sun for post-natal abortion. Female offspring is a financial liability, they do not provide the same 'value' as males do. So when a father raises a women, the father gets compensated.