The money of property brought by women to her husband after marriage is termed as dowry. Most of the communities in the terai and partially in other parts of the country practice the system of providing dowry to the bridegroom as demanded forcefully. Such activities relating to dowry system have some bad impacts in our society.
The social and economic effects in the society due to dowry system are presented below:
- Physical and mental torture given to the bride for the cause of not bringing enough dowries keeps the family despiteful and chaotic.
- The girls of poor family may not be able to arrange their marriage due to lack of property to be given as dowry.
- Due to this system, people do not want to bear girl-child and have abortion.
- People are compelled to use the deposited property in unproductive sectors so that economic development in the family is retorted.