Bride Price is a sum of money or quantity of goods given to a bride’s family by that of the groom in some tribal societies.

“In anthropological literature, bride price has often been explained in market terms, as payment made in exchange for the bride’s family’s loss of her labor and fertility within her kin group."

“We saw a beautiful flower in your garden and we are here to pluck it,” the groom’s family says on getting to the bride’s home.

Such flower!

Something about “Bride Price” is unsettling. In paying for a bride, you have you reduced her to an object or property. The moment you buy something/someone, you OWN it and can do whatever you like with it.

Different people come up with different reasons why men should pay for brides.

It’s to test the financial strength of a man.

To know if he can take care of their daughter.

These are a few of the questionable reasons.

Gals, is it your destiny to be someone’s property? Most women’s names were written out of history because they were only “Daughter of –”, “Wife of-”.

A modern day African feminist, REGARDLESS OF SEX, should be opposed to this “practice” as it is against gender equality.

If women want to be seen as equal partners in marriage, they have to refuse to be bought. BEHAVE AS AN EQUAL TO BE TREATED AS AN EQUAL.

If he is paying a bride price, what is she giving in return? Self-autonomy? Freedom? Rights? Virginity? What?

Continued here: http://www.thefemmemedia.com/editorial/feminist-take-bride-price/

Hmmm



Some bride price are just outrageous tho