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How can we solve the problem of dowry system?
Important steps to eradicate dowry
- Educate your daughters.
- Encourage them to have their own career.
- Teach them to be independent and responsible.
- Treat them (your daughter) equally without any discrimination.
- Do not encourage the practice of giving or taking dowry.
How does dowry affect the poor?
Dowries Trap Poor People in Debt Dowries often force poor families to take out loans with steep interest rates, sell off their land to raise money, promise to pay dowries in installments, and other scenarios that can lead to crippling debt.
Can love marriage replace dowry system?
Thanks for A2A. Yes and no. The fact is that dowry system can only be eradicated when people are mature. Even in love marriages, the guy and his family can force the bride’s family to give dowry and the bride’s family might do it for the sake of their daughter.
Who keeps the dowry?
While it is commonly thought that a dowry is always given by a woman to her future husband, it is the reverse in other cultures, where the groom offers a gift to the bride or her family upon marriage. The dowry can serve as a gift to in-laws or insurance for the bride should she choose to leave her husband.
Is love or arranged marriage better?
Arranged marriages provide equal stature, financial stability, cultural identity and the same opinions among partners and families, so, there is very less chance of disputes. The only downside to this is that partners do not know each other nor do they love each other before the marriage; well, most of the times.
Why does dowry system exist?
An ancient custom, dowry is a payment made from the bride’s family to the groom’s. One reason that dowry still exists is that it is perceived as a source of easy income by the groom’s family. With respect to this one might see the practice of dowry predominantly in the rural areas and among the households of the poor.
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