[friedButter]

There are a bunch of subsidies\welfare programs available for female children alone... Its much cheaper to raise a female child than to raise a male child, and dowry is no longer mandatory, it largely comes into play when you're trying to marry up (like say the groom earns 5-10x the wife's salary)

[Karishma1234]

In any sensible country such programs would be seen as unconstitutional most certainly in USA. But of course in India sectarian discriminatory laws is a norm. In India if you rape a brahmin child you get N years in prison. If you rape a child from prescribe list of castes you get N+3 years in jail.

> like say the groom earns 5-10x the wife's salary Correct and all girls pay this dowry willingly. No one has forced them to marry up. They can marry equal or below.