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Fighting dowry oppression in the Indian community
JOGINDER BAINS explains how this feudal, patriarchal institution that disowns and oppresses women is still justified today in India and Britain, why it is so wrong – and how the struggle against it can move forward
Dowry is part of wider patriarchal and feudal values, a tradition practised in India to disinherit daughters — it is not a daughter’s fair share nor is it a way of compensating her for her lack of inheritance rights
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IT’S frequently argued that dowry is the way of giving a daughter her share in the parental property. Is this the case? Does it represent the daughter’s share — or it is a practice that disinherits her?
Though there is no historical evidence available on the origin of the practice of dowry, traces of it are found in ancient traditions in all societies, cultures and religions.
In Britain, for example, women were expected to pay a handsome dowry in exchange of husband’s family name and his title.
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