We talked about dowries some more yesterday and one of the women brought up an interesting point. She was in favor of dowries being as high as possible as a hedge against divorce. The idea is that if a guy hates his wife, he’ll think twice about divorcing her if he had to pay a really large amount. There really isn’t any stigma attached to a guy that is divorced, but divorced women live a shamed life. It’s unusual for a divorced women to be considered good marriage material, but it does happen… Anyway, a high dowry is one way for women to protect themselves here…
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