Friday, June 28, 2024

Pride and Prejudice ~ Jane Austin & Marriage


 The arrival of Mr Bingley, a rich bachelor who rents the neighbouring Netherfield estate, gives her hope that one of her daughters might contract an advantageous marriage, because "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife".



Who needs marriage? The man! Why do most Indian men get married? For 2 reasons: First, someone cooks for them for the rest of their lives because they don't know how to cook. Secondly, if at least 1 son is obtained, then the lineage will go on. Now, Indian men should consider both of these needs (or compulsions) belong to the man and not the woman, for which they enslave a woman for the rest of their life, whom they call a wife/housewife! So, my question is why should women sacrifice themselves for the need (compulsion) of men?



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