The prevalence of indiscriminate female infanticide has led to a shortage of brides in many villages and towns. The Indian girl, Kalki, was promised by her father to a family of five sons as wives, and suffered from bullying and misery. This is a film that was a wake-up call for India, The Country Without Women, depicting the evils of sexism in India today in the 21st century.
At present, the imbalance between men and women has spread to the marriage and family patterns of Indian society, with “child marriage,” “swap marriage,” “group marriage,” “rent marriage
The imbalance between men and women has now spread to the marriage and family patterns of Indian society, with ugly phenomena such as “child marriage,” “swap marriage,” “group marriage,” “rent marriage,” etc. resurfacing, and the situation of sexual crimes becoming increasingly serious.
According to statistics, India already has a full 40 million more men than women, with far more boys than girls being born, and the social pitfalls ahead can be imagined.
UNICEF is warning that India will face unpredictable and serious social problems in the future unless drastic measures are taken to address them!
In India, the hardest swear word is “May you have a daughter. If the father of a newborn baby opens and closes his hands, meaning “empty hands”, he has a daughter.
Even more so, in Rajasthan, one of the rituals for the birth of a daughter is to smash a tile jar to signify bad luck, a bit like the ancient Chinese saying “the joy of getting a tile”.
There are many women in good condition, even celebrities, who cannot escape the shackles of feudal marriage.
There are many women in good standing, even stars, who cannot escape the shackles of feudal marriage.
The inferiority of men to women, which is innumerable in ancient and modern times, is taken to the extreme by Hinduism, especially the Indian customs of dowry and martyrdom.
It is said that the most popular garment worn by Indian women is the sari. When wearing a sari, one first puts on a tight-fitting top that wraps the shoulders and breasts tightly, while the small arms and waist are completely bare, and underneath, one wears shorts or petticoats, and then drapes the sari over the body up to the ankles.
Indian women have a wide variety of jewelry, including earrings, necklaces, rings, bracelets, bangles, hair ornaments, forehead ornaments, chest ornaments, anklets, etc.
In addition to nose and ear ornaments, married women are required to wear foot bells.
The metal ornaments, which always make a clanging sound, are said to have been worn by married women. It is said that these foot bells are not only for aesthetic purposes to ward off evil spirits, but also for more important purposes to prevent the bride from attracting butterflies and committing deviant acts.
Indian women make full use of jewelry to dress themselves. Even women from poor families give their all and wear some inexpensive metal or plastic jewelry.
After marriage, Indian women are generally getting fatter and fatter, but as long as they are wrapped in a sari, half covered and half exposed, their hidden bodies are still impressive. The first time I saw a woman, I was a little bit of a slave.
The dowry system is popular in India, where girls must be accompanied by a generous dowry when they get married.
Dowry disputes have often caused serious social problems, so the Indian government enacted the Anti-Dowry Act in 1961.
Under the Anti-Dowry Act, giving and receiving dowry is an offence punishable by six months to two years of imprisonment; a woman who is harassed or abused by her husband or his relatives for illegally demanding money and valuables will be sentenced to three years of imprisonment and a fine; a woman who is harassed or abused by her husband or his relatives within seven years of marriage for dowry If a woman is harassed or even abused to death by her husband or his relatives within 7 years of marriage because of dowry, the husband or his relatives will face 7 years or even life imprisonment.
However, the dowry system in India has not really been abolished, and the asking price is getting higher as the standard of living increases.
In Patna, the capital of Bihar, popular dowries for families in the upper middle class include computers, cell phones, home theaters, digital cameras, digital televisions, microwave ovens, jewelry, mid-sized luxury cars, city apartment suites, honeymoon trips to Europe, and more.