Comments on: Dowry crimes and bride-price abuse http://brokendreams.wordpress.com/2006/12/17/dowry-crimes-and-bride-price-abuse/ Violence against Women Exposed Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:35:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Shobhan Bantwal http://brokendreams.wordpress.com/2006/12/17/dowry-crimes-and-bride-price-abuse/#comment-1642 Shobhan Bantwal Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:08:38 +0000 http://brokendreams.wordpress.com/2006/12/17/dowry-crimes-and-bride-price-abuse/#comment-1642 It won't be too long before bride-price will replace dowry since gender-based abortions by the millions will reduce female births. There will be too many men and not enough women in a few years, making females a rare enough commodity that men will be outrunning each other in their quest for a wife.It will be Sita-Swaymawara once again, when men will have compete in tough competitions to win a wife. Wont that be fun to watch.... Shobhan Bantwal Author of "The Dowry Bride" website: www.shobhanbantwal.com It won’t be too long before bride-price will replace dowry since gender-based abortions by the millions will reduce female births. There will be too many men and not enough women in a few years, making females a rare enough commodity that men will be outrunning each other in their quest for a wife.It will be Sita-Swaymawara once again, when men will have compete in tough competitions to win a wife. Wont that be fun to watch….

Shobhan Bantwal
Author of “The Dowry Bride”
website: http://www.shobhanbantwal.com

]]> By: breatheinspirit http://brokendreams.wordpress.com/2006/12/17/dowry-crimes-and-bride-price-abuse/#comment-1615 breatheinspirit Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:29:10 +0000 http://brokendreams.wordpress.com/2006/12/17/dowry-crimes-and-bride-price-abuse/#comment-1615 It's interesting to me that even though women's genitals are regarded as dirty, we are also considered pure until entered by a man. To me, this seems to be saying that men's genitals are what really defiles us...meaning that their genitals are truly the unclean ones. It’s interesting to me that even though women’s genitals are regarded as dirty, we are also considered pure until entered by a man. To me, this seems to be saying that men’s genitals are what really defiles us…meaning that their genitals are truly the unclean ones.

]]> By: belledame222 http://brokendreams.wordpress.com/2006/12/17/dowry-crimes-and-bride-price-abuse/#comment-1613 belledame222 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:59:08 +0000 http://brokendreams.wordpress.com/2006/12/17/dowry-crimes-and-bride-price-abuse/#comment-1613 thanks for that; great piece. it's a great counter to the BS trollboy at Ren's is spewing, even though of course it wouldn't make a dent on him, personally; but then, that's never the point, is it. glad you put this out there. it's funny; it really does always seem to come down to some sort of drive for "purity," doesn't it? Purity and control. I mean, yes, specifically, this is misogynistic, pure and simple; but also, maybe below, the whole, her genitals are dirty thing: isn't that ultimately about fear of -life?- Fear of life and fear of death; they amount to the same thing. If we can control the place of birth, maybe we can control death. Maybe we don't have to change or be "contaminated." Maybe we can be pure, and hold still. thanks for that; great piece.

it’s a great counter to the BS trollboy at Ren’s is spewing, even though of course it wouldn’t make a dent on him, personally; but then, that’s never the point, is it. glad you put this out there.

it’s funny; it really does always seem to come down to some sort of drive for “purity,” doesn’t it? Purity and control. I mean, yes, specifically, this is misogynistic, pure and simple; but also, maybe below, the whole, her genitals are dirty thing: isn’t that ultimately about fear of -life?- Fear of life and fear of death; they amount to the same thing. If we can control the place of birth, maybe we can control death. Maybe we don’t have to change or be “contaminated.” Maybe we can be pure, and hold still.

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