Acharya Prashant explains that the root cause of dowry deaths and domestic violence is a fundamental lack of love and clarity in relationships. He argues that most relationships are founded on greed, physical instincts, or traditional inertia rather than mutual understanding. Even when physical violence is not visible, a continuous undercurrent of psychological violence exists because society values accumulation and blind tradition over individual freedom. He points out that formal education often fails to prepare individuals for life, as it merely adds professional skills to a person who remains inwardly greedy and ignorant. This results in well-educated men still viewing themselves as commodities with a market value in the marriage market. He further describes how traditional gender roles create a trap for both men and women. By confining women and preventing their conscious growth, men inadvertently inflict the company of a 'caged' and underdeveloped person upon themselves, leading to financial and psychological burdens. Acharya Prashant emphasizes that parents often struggle to raise truly empowered daughters because their own traditional values overpower their affection, leading them to treat daughters as 'alien wealth' or guests in their own homes. He asserts that violence is the inevitable output of ignorance and that true liberation requires both men and women to reject inherited social identities and examine all traditional values with a bold, questioning mind.
