"Women's precarious and inferior position in traditional India is illustrated further by the ancient Manu code, which was drawn up between 200 B.C and A.D 200. The code states that...
If a wife had no children after 8 years of marriage, she would be banished;
if all her children were dead after 10 years, she would be dismissed;
and if she had produced only girls after 11 years, she could be repudiated."
I found this in my textbook 'Sociology'.
Poor Women~
lucky us now.
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