Shuber-Fuber t1_jeaqgoi wrote
Reply to comment by theassassintherapist in In China, Marriage Rates Are Down and ‘Bride Prices’ Are Up by I_call_it
Isn't dowry essentially "bride price"? It's a price you pay for a bride?
The issue is that dowry is so rare in western countries people likely don't know what it is anymore.
theassassintherapist t1_jear42b wrote
Yes, but read the title headline without context. Marriage rate down, bride prices up. Without any context that sounds like human trafficking/slavery and the selling of women, which is a farcry from reality.
So they are being deliberately being misleading to incite more chinese hatred.
Shuber-Fuber t1_jeayic1 wrote
I mean if you put "dower" there it gets even more ambiguous and arguably "nefarious", because it appears you're hiding what you're doing behind an arbitrary term.
Most people don't know what dower is. "Bride price" is an accurate enough description, it's a payment for a bride, and you can at least get that concept across first before talking about the historical background.
Also it turns out that's the right term.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bride_price
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dower
"Dower" is specifically a Muslim tradition if it involves groom paying bride.
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