💡Daily Dose of Knowledge
February 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
*Burning🔥 of Widows🤦♀️: A Practice of Patriarchal😕 Oppression in India🇮🇳*
This practice, known as Sati or Suttee, was seen as a means for women💁♀️ to escape their difficult fate, as widows🙍♀️ were viewed as a burden. They were always treated unfairly😑 by their in-laws, who used to prevent⛔ widows from inheriting their husband's👨🦳 property🏠.
Since widows🙎♀️ were often treated as if they were less📉 important than their husbands👳♂️, they were expected to show their love🥰 and respect🫶 by sacrificing themselves, often by being burned🔥 alive🙆♀️, *_in most cases forcibly._*
Sati was also seen as a way for women🙍♀️ to fulfill their dharma (duty) towards their husbands and families👨👩👦👦.
The practice was later banned by the British🇻🇬 colonial government👩💼 in 1829, and it has remained prohibited by law👨🏻⚖.
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