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Chinese Women Are Sick of Dowries. Why Are They Still Common?

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At least in urban areas, brides tend to treat dowries like a feudal relic. Their moms see things differently.

Cinderella’s Glass Slipper: Why China’s Women Can’t Marry Down

Contrary to stereotypes of female “gold diggers,” it is men and their families, not women, who enforce female hypergamy.