Bad effect of dowry system
Now-a-days whenever we open the pages of newspapers, we see women are tortured by their husbands for the worst reason of dowry system. Usually in our society female children are considered inferior to male children. They are thought to be of no use to the family. So, during marriage ceremony a section of greedy people claim much wealth or money from the guardians of the brides. Generally, the poor and illiterate girls mainly become the victims of dowry. If the guardians fail to fulfil the demand of their bridegroom, they misbehave with their wives and sometimes torture them seriously. As a result, many of them commit suicide or are killed by their husbands.
This evil system has affected our whole society. At present father can't think of marriage of his daughter without giving dowry to the bridegroom. I am dead against this evil system. This scourge should be uprooted from the society immediately. This social curse can be abolish by changing the outlook of the people, especially the male members of the society, and by taking strict legal measures against the persons who take dowry.
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