Women's-Power-in-India-5

That time birth of a girlchild was a matter of shame for the parents, they were considered a burden for the family, so parents used to marry them off as soon as possible. Another reason for child marriage is, it was a belief that grown-up girls were more tend to do scandals, which is why their parents tie the knot at a very tender age and the girls stay at their parent’s home and move out when they hit puberty. At that time men used to think that a woman is nothing more than marriage material, they were treated like material.