Gold, cash, property, cars and women’s salaries are being demanded by the families of some grooms in the South Asian-Australian community, despite dowries being banned in India.
Melbourne psychiatrist Professor Manjula O’Connor said she had treated hundreds of women suffering serious mental health issues after being victims of dowry abuse in Australia. The woman, who was no longer with the man, had been supported by friends and O’Connor reported to the Australian Federal Police that she had been the victim ofO’Connor said that since May 2022, she had supported six or seven victims of dowry extortion and reported the cases to the Department of Home Affairs.
Women are vulnerable if they need to go offshore to finalise immigration, and their partner demands money to not cancel the process. “Some of the amounts I have heard are even surprising to me. We’ve seen everything from $20,000 to $90,000 and even up to the millions,” she said.Multicultural Service Against Family Violence, said the organisation had supported clients whose family members were threatened with violence if money was not handed over.
wtuohy Are you attacking their culture? 😂 Bunch of bigots. Thought it’s called diversity & progress but you want to pick & choose which bits you like?
wtuohy So? This is their cultural norm. Are you suggesting not all cultures are equal? You Progressives are naive children thinking multiculturalism means different groups holding hands skipping beneath rainbows & waterfalls, & no negative aspect of any imported culture will remain.
wtuohy Shock horror: South Asian migrants bring South Asian cultural practices with them to Australia 🙄