Women Dowery Deaths In IndiaCategory: Social IssuesSubmitted: 2000-03-01Word Count: 1556Silenced by their culture large populations of women in India tolerate abuse and subsequent death because they have provided insufficient dowry. In a culture that is male dominated women are raised to be servants to their husbands often arranged to marry a man that they have never met. Women that are beaten or just unhappy must suppress their feelings to keep their husbands blissful …showed first 75 words of 1439 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1439 total…backs up this practice. The men are not to anxious to see this practice go and the religious do not see a need for change, so women’s groups must fight to help get a better quality of life for India’s women. Years of silence must be ended in India with women choosing what they wear, say, and most importantly whom they marry with out the risk of being beaten or condemned. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**