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Explain the dowry System

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  • Dowry is any property or valuable security given directly or indirectly to a man by his bride or brides family at the time of her marriage is the exploitation of the women by her in laws. Not only the women (bride) but also her family is held to ransom by demanding dowry. 
  • The ill-treatment makes the life of the women so miserable that she may take recourse to suicide. 
  • No consideration is paid to the economic conditions of the bride’s parents who may become bankrupt under the burden of the Dowry Prohibition Act-1961 abolishes practice of dowry.
  • Examples: Evil system deeply rooted in people give or take dowry for improving their social prestige.

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