#bridewealth — Public Fediverse posts
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Unlike Egyptian women, women in ancient Greece “had little or no say in their own futures” (Blundell, 67). The relationship between “father-in-law and son-in-law” (Blundell, 67) was considered more important than husband and wife.
#Bridewealth, which became #dowries, was property and money used to “guarantee reasonable behavior on the part of the husband” (Blundell, 68), and help “ensure a decent standard of living” (Blundell, 68) for the wife.
It seems that when a divorce occurred, it was often initiated by the “bride’s father” (Blundell, 68), who “had a greater stake in her marriage” (Blundell, 68) because of the bridewealth / #dowry.
The ex-husband was “obligated to return the dowry to the ex-wife’s father or guardian” (Blundell, 68). Marriages existed mostly to produce male heirs who would “inherit their [father’s] property” (Blundell, 68). Female babies were often “abandoned” (Pomeroy, 157) because of their perceived liability.
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