Bride Burning

Bride Burning


I. Dowries
A. In 1961 they were banned but they still happen quite often. And they are very dangerous. They’re so dangerous because a man will marry a woman and if the dowry is not good or big enough the husband and sometimes the in-laws will kill the woman. Dowries are so much trouble that the birth of a girl is actually mourned in a family.

B. Just about everything can be given in a dowry cash, clothes, jewelry, furniture and appliances.

II. Widow Burning
A. Widow Burning or Sati is when a woman’s husband dies in most cases she is burnt alive next to his body. But if a wife dies the husband just remarries. It is the women’s decision to be burned alive or not. But there is a debate on whether Sati should even be a choice or not.

B. The Roop Kanawar Case. It sparked up a very big debate about whether widow burning was ok or not.

1. Roop Kanawar was burned alive next to her husband’s dead body. She was 18. She made the decision to be burned aliv...