Why women refuse marriage

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

There was a time when women did not have a share in ancestral property. The bias against the girl child arose from this unfair provision of law. Before it could be changed, customs and rituals that were rooted in patriarchy had created enough social conditioning in the minds of men and women.

So women accepted men in their lives as some kind of saviours, who gave them status, wealth and security. Much has changed since the agriculture- and businessbased joint family system, but men and women continue to suffer from that conditioning about family, marriage, life and the role of men and women in the household. Many brothers still bear the burden of having to support their sisters; many wives continue to remain powerless in the household; and many families still seek a male child even if the economic advantage has ceased to exist.

The argument about being powerless caught my attention.

Does education and financial capability bring power to women? I recounted my conversation with a popular film actress on a long flight from Sydney. To the outside world, she was an acclaimed star, beautiful and talented. In her house, she was merely a money-making machine.

She returned home from long hours of film shooting schedules to find her house filled with strangers, eating elaborate meals and ordering fancy stuff. They were enjoying her money, but she could not say anything. She would retire to the quiet of her room.