{"id":182,"date":"2024-02-14T21:36:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T21:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.observingthemortals.com\/?p=182"},"modified":"2024-02-14T21:36:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T21:36:14","slug":"dowry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.observingthemortals.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/14\/dowry\/","title":{"rendered":"Dowry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul>\n<li>substantial transfer of goods &amp; money from&nbsp;<strong>bride family to bride.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Negative reciprocity<\/strong>\u00a0 in which bride &#038; payment moves in same direction.\n<ul>\n<li>I.e not a exchange b\/w kins of bridegroom but one way flow&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>However can be&nbsp;<strong>general balanced reciprocity<\/strong>&nbsp;when used for groom\u2019s sister\u2019s m\u2019age.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Types of property involves varies tremendously&nbsp; \u2192&nbsp; Personal possessions , Money, Servants , Land&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Social&nbsp; condition under which dowry exists<\/u><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>women contribute less to primary subsistence.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>high degree of social stratification.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monogamy \u2192 man not allowed move than wife simulteneously..<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Theories explaining existence<\/u><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>dowries in lieu of right of Inheritance from father&#8217;s estate. (<strong>Goody &amp; Tambiah, 1973)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>affirms alliance beth twoo families involved.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>some&nbsp;<strong>protection<\/strong>&nbsp;to woman against abusive husband.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>future support to women &amp; her children even if she does not do primary subsistrace work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attract&nbsp;<strong>best bridegroom<\/strong>&nbsp;for daughter in monogamous societies with high degree of inequality.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>protection in wake of death of husband &amp; No right to Inheritance.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Political dimension<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>marrying son&#8217;s with woman of rich noble family to gain financial gains eg- medieval europe&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>huge docories to form martial alliance with families of higher caste to elevate social status. (especially in hypergamy) eg-Norhtern India.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Prevalence<\/u><\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; common practice in S. Asia, disappeared from europe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Mythology<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; In Indian Hindu society can be traced back to types of m\u2019age. Acc to mythology Araha, Asura &#038; Prajapatya m\u2019ages involve payment of money by bride\u2019s father to the groom.\n<ul>\n<li>In hindu Philosophy every\u00a0<strong>Dana\u00a0<\/strong>has to be accompanied by\u00a0<strong>Dakshina<\/strong>\u00a0;\u00a0<strong>Kanyadan\u00a0<\/strong>being the best kind of Dana has to be accompanied by\u00a0<strong>Vara Dakshina\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"114\" src=\"https:\/\/www.observingthemortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-28-1024x114.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.observingthemortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-28-1024x114.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.observingthemortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-28-300x33.png 300w, https:\/\/www.observingthemortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-28-768x85.png 768w, https:\/\/www.observingthemortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-28-1536x171.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.observingthemortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-28-2048x228.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong><u>Consequences<\/u><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>female foeticide, infanticide&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>chlid m&#8217;age.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>low level of literacy &amp; edu to woman.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>harassment &amp; Killing of woman.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Debate<\/u><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><u>Menski 1999<\/u><\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; whether such social evils are due to practice of custom of dowry or result of modern conditions that undermined r\/l b\/w two families &amp; inflated cash value of dowry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Measures<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\n<ul>\n<li>Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IPC sec. 304B &amp; 498 A.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>conclusion<\/u><\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; hence dowry has been a social evil in India which should be curbed at the earliest&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Political dimension<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - 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