in Delhi, the husband and his family burn women, the bride's with kerosene til they died. this is called bride-burning or dowry death. married women 16-30 years old in Delhi 482 deathes by burning in 1985, 478 in 1986, 300 for the first 6 months of 1987. police record and hospital records dont match for 3rd degree burns far more violence happened than the crime reports indicated. there are unmarried women that commit suicide just to relieve their families of a burden to provide a dowry.3 sisters hung themselves bacause their father didnt have enough to negotiate marriage for his oldest daughter. the grooms requested too much. i dont quite understand why families would want to go through this it is so messed up and disgusting. 3,000 abortions were carried out after determining the sex and only one involved a male fetus. the government decided to ban sex determination tests except in government hospitals.
in the marriage of Hindus it is required that the property from the family of the bride is transfered to the family of the groom. dowry is a religious obligation of the father of a women. authority of the women is transfered to the husband. marriage in India even costs money between families. it a difficult thing that i would never want to be a part of. education of a women can be problematic because suitable husbands must also be college educated. parents of young men demand more dowry for their sons. physical attractiveness isnt paid much attention to unlike now in the U.S. alot of marriages and relationships are based on someones looks and if you are attracted to them.
advertisements in newspapers were used to establish marriage proposals. self arranged marriages are called love marriages where men and women develop a relationship with out their familes and ask family reps to carry out negotiations on their behalf. marriage is a process where two families mutually evaluate each other. three possible types of expenditures: cash gifts, gifts of household goods, and expenditures on the wedding celebration itself. the cash and gifts go to the groom's household. but some household gifts can go to the newlyweds if they have their own place. dates of marriage are set by horoscopes. doweries were alot and relied on the bride's family. dowry defined by Friedl means to adjust a women to her affinal home.inheritance goes to where the woman is our reproduces and where the children will benefit, given valuable property like farm land.
Dowry Prohibition Act makes it illegal to give or take dowry. in violation to this it is five years and a fine of 15,000 rupeesor the amount of the dowry which is even more. all presents must be listed on a document before the consummation of the marriage.
there were advertisements in the newspaper that showed a photograph of a doll in Indian bridal wear and was shown in flames. that was to show the effects of dowry. in the north women are excluded from property holding and instead recieve a dowry of movables. in south they could recieve rights to land. north women are high cost items of social overhead. south contribute labor and are more highly valued. death rates are higher when marriage costs are high. members of lower ranking castes report less dowry harassment.
employment of women effects the dowry.
if the value of a women was high bride price would be paid, and if the value was low dowry transactions would occur.
in my opinion dowry is just wrong and there should be no value on a women. its a human being not just some trash. women were way too under valued and had no respect towards them
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