What Is The Rationale For Bridewealth In A Patrilineal Society?

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What Is The Rationale For Bridewealth In A Patrilineal Society?

the wife is expensive to maintain and the groom must be compensated the wife's family will lose her labor and reproductive capacity the wife's family negotiates a better marriage with a high bridewealth the wife's children will drain resources from her husband's family over time
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the wife's family will lose her labor and reproductive capacity

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