Well, this is the reason why society wants a boy child and kills a girl child.
“She becomes integral to and forms part of the family of the husband and normally without any justifiable strong reason, she would never insist that her husband should get separated from the family and live only with her”
Now we ask for the “justifiable reasons” as to why we are asked to leave our parents after marriage. For generations, women have followed the rituals and customs of adopting a new family, new ways of life and a new home, but we can’t complain. Now, when a husband is asked to do the same, the court wants the wife to state reasons. The judge also reinstates the ideology where even after so many years, women are second to a man. She is educated, independent, a bread winner and a woman with a voice, but when it comes to his parents, she is to be a dutiful and obedient ‘daughter-in-law’. According to Indian traditions, a girl leaving her family to live with her husband and his family is called “Marriage” but a man leaving his family to live with his wife is ground for Divorce. Where is the equality in this???
A husband and a wife become one entity after marriage. They jointly look after the children, then why not do the same with their parents. It’s a moral duty of a couple to take care of both their parents, be it man or woman.
