therukurals:The Self-Respect marriage vow bound man and woman in a relationship of equivalence as
therukurals: The Self-Respect marriage vow bound man and woman in a relationship of equivalence as well as equality, such that neither could hope to enjoy or practice rights denied to the other. The marriage granted equal rights to the wife in respect of property as well and such rights were sometimes pronounced in the marriage vows themselves, as was the right to separation and divorce. Periyar was at all times insistent that women understand and take advantage of the promises of liberation inherent in Self-Respect unions and establish their equality with men. The right to leave an abusive marriage, the right to divorce, the right to fall in love, yet again, the right to have or not have children: women were exhorted to avail of all these rights and claim the dignity and pride due to them. The Story of a Marriage: Being a Tale of Self-Respect Unions and What Happened to Them by V. GeethaSoorarai Pottru (2020) -- source link