Have you ever experienced gender disparity yourself? How did you handle the situation? Narrate the incident.
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I never personally gender disparity but I have seen my cousin who was victim of it while she was being married.
So it went like this-
I came out of the exam hall at 2pm. I was feeling very hungry. I started to search for a descent restaurant. So i went inside in one such and found a table. What i saw just next to me was 10–12 people talking in a very low tone,without any food on their table,some sitting and some standing. 4–5 women of around 50s were sitting in a round formation and a young girl dressed in a saree was sitting in the middle of the circle.
I analysed for few minutes and then came to know what was exactly happening. Actually people have come to see the wanna be bride in a restaurant. There were 4 people from the future bride side and around 8 from the future bridegroom's side.
It is a common phenomenon in north India when boy's side is invited to see the girl and fix the dowry amont in some restaurant .
Till that day i had only heard of all this but that very day i witnessed everything in front of my eyes. I was totally shocked and hurt to see all that. It was not a marriage proposal event rather very identical to a deal .
The ladies from the boy's side were asking questions like-
Lady 1-Do u have a boyfriend?
Lady 2-Do u have any disease?
Lady 3- Are u a normal unmarried lady?(she was pointing to her virginity i guess)
Lady 4-Stand up and walk,move your arms,sit and stand,say a poem or story(actually she was testing her physically)
After all this ladies stood up ,now the men sat down from both sides.
Men from girl's side were just saying ok during the whole conversation.Just have a look at the whole conversation-
Boy's side-See,the girl is short(she was around 5′2″ and it's normal i guess in Bihar)and my son is tall .
Girl's side-Sir it's normal now a days..
Boy's side-I know my son is only a graduate and working as a clerk in State bank but, he has a Govt. Job and your daughter is in a private job and u know how much wealth we have..Your daughter will live like a princess.
Girl's side- yes sir
Boy's side- Let's not make it long ..Let's fix it for 25 lacs + all items.