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Patrilocality: Roots of Gender Discrimination in Many Countries
In Patrilocal societies, women move to their husbands’ house and co-reside with husbands’ parents after marriage. Gender gaps in personal autonomy, education, health, and division of labor are more prominent in families and societies which are strictly Patrilocal. With marriage, almost all the girls who live with her husband’s parents and extended family, lose a great deal of their freedom, decision making power and autonomy. A girl is expected to follow the rules and norms, sometimes strict and irrelevant, set by her husband’s parents. Often, the choice of a girl’s lifestyle, starting from food habit to dressing sense and even the way she behaves or talks are questioned,…