Originally posted by: PranPriye
Cows and daughters both were considered wealth. How can one even compare a cow to a woman? They are not even of the same species? I am talking about the modern concept of wealth being confined to non living things only ( though like I mentioned before its common quote now that The greatest wealth a man possesses is relationships. That isn't meaning to say that your relationships are objects ) versus the old concept of wealth including living beings as well. Kanya Daan is the giving away of the greatest wealth,I.e., the daughter. That's because the bride goes to the husband's family and if it were in the reverse (as some member has pointed out in some families in TN), I would agree for Kanya Daan to be replaced with Putra Daan.
You are really crossing the line here by stating that I am happy to be treated as an object, attacking women everywhere and so on. If you consider yourself to be a feminist in any way, please know from me that you don't even have the basic compassion to respond properly, forget about understanding the plight of women.
Sincere question to you: do you object to women no longer being referred as a form of wealth? As in, do you still want society to think of them as wealth, or not?
This is not an attack, but an attempt to understand your take on this.

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