When I read the article "Daughters are not for Killing," I was shocked. I do not know a lot about International problems that women face, but I do know that they are different than what women face in the United States. The article was about a women from India who was in love and was about to get married to a man that her parents had not arranged for her. Her parents seemed like they actually did not care whether she married for love or whether they would decide for her.A few weeks before she was due to be married, her family abducted her and moved her to a different city to keep her from getting married to the man she loved. They family felt that their honor was threatened so they kept her away from him.
Unfortunatly, this happens a lot in country like India where dowry murders are supposedly illegal but continue to happen with no one being punished. Dowry murders are where a young is killed by her family for commiting some "crime" against them such as getting married in secret or having sex before marriage. Dowry murders also includes when a women's husband is killed, it is said that if the widow jumps on a fire and commits suicide it is a sign of great honor. Of course, men are not excepted to do the same when their wives die...
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