"Kalym" is a fee paid for what?

women need to fight for the right to marry who ever they love. still in many countries women are treated like livestock.

Player #53553731, Where do women have equal rights? Certainly not in the US where we earn less than men for equal work , the Equal Rights Amendment still has not passed, and Roe was overturned. Maybe Denmark or Sweden?

Traditons: Peer pressure by dead people.

In Islam it’s called Dowry, & no, it’s not a”price” for “buying” the girl, it’s a gift to show appreciation & respect to the bride, very similar to the ring or gifts that the groom offers to the bride in the west, & it varies in amount & could even be something symbolic. Islam is the last message from God & the culmination of all religions & it gave women their overdue respect & rights way before the western world ever did. And please differentiate between Islam, the religion & word of God “the kor’an”, and what the muslims do & how they behave, we are all humans & no one is perfect or pure & we all deviate from the “right way”

Player Jellybean, I once had a cat named Jellybean.

Well, I misread this answer as "bribe" and hit it at random - so I got it right but was totally wrong! 🤣

On a lighter note, you would think that the amount of the kalym would not be higher for a university graduate, but for a young lady who was known to be a good cook and also a good housekeeper!

I thought the fee paid for a bride was called marriage, lol

A similar practice in the African culture is called "lobola". It sometimes takes years for the potential bridegroom to save up to pay the bride's parents.