Crackpot theory of the day: dowries are a thing because they are eugenic.
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Replying to @Dust_Foot
Without dowry, fathers might have married their daughters off to the first fella who came calling, in order to get them out of the house.
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Replying to @Dust_Foot
@A_P_Mason dowry is really rare compared to bride price
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing Bride price doesn't really need much explaining though. Buying a wife just makes sense.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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Replying to @Dust_Foot
@A_P_Mason true - supposedly the few dowry societies are ones with actual male hypergamy (polygamy/concubinage)pic.twitter.com/duBcaWRb8j
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@A_P_Mason associated with female infanticide - interesting stuff but not very heart warming ;)
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing Not getting aborted/ killed while a baby is a no-kidding-around instance of male privilege.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @Dust_Foot
@A_P_Mason daly & wilson mention that girls have better survival among the poor & boys among the rich in many samples - makes sense
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing I never like to risk revealing how stupid I am but: shouldn't that be the other way around?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@A_P_Mason the idea is high-caste males & low-caste females have better relative expected reproductive value https://books.google.com/books?id=3p4br9FRAUgC&pg=PA55&lpg=PA55&dq=%22some+evidence+of+sex-differential+nurture%22&source=bl&ots=kvhrOsCWcD&sig=2k-93Gj8OZggei1uNKZF4LySBLA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=0RmtVPjwJMWjgwT_2YCIDA&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22some%20evidence%20of%20sex-differential%20nurture%22&f=false …
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