... free will to choose their husband. The ancient system of "Swayamyara" amplifies the right of free choice for a female, portraying equilibrium of sorts between man and woman. However, with all various forms of prestige for women, men were distinctly superior. Women had to fight for everything they wanted, compared to the normality of Men being educated ... , although distinctly smaller during the era, preluded what was to eventuate; men empowering women. Gender relations proceeded to worsen chronologically and through until British rule, women were unfathomably mistreated. Medieval India ...

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