Show HN: I built a satirical Dowry Calculator to highlight a harmful tradition

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• LarsAlereon 23 hours ago
  As a man who is not from India, could you please provide some cultural context on this number? Is this the price that would be expected to be paid to the family of a woman who matched these specifications in order to get married?
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  • wredcoll 22 hours ago
    Dowry is what the bride brings to her husband.

    The idea here, presumably, is that higher status males demand larger payments for "taking a wife".