Arranged marriages are probably a vestige of ancient society were alliances were designed to solidify clan associations.<p>If more women enter the workforce hopefully a Women&#x27;s Rights Movement will take off. Maybe it will induce a sexual revolution and do away with arranged marriages in Indian society.<p>I was about to link to the recent NYTimes article [1] posted to HN which said Indian women were leaving the workforce ( workforce participation slid from 37% to 27% ), but looking at the linked data now it looks it stayed at 27 % [2]<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;01&#x2F;31&#x2F;world&#x2F;asia&#x2F;indian-women-labor-work-force.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;01&#x2F;31&#x2F;world&#x2F;asia&#x2F;indian-women-la...</a><p>[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;data.worldbank.org&#x2F;indicator&#x2F;SL.TLF.CACT.FE.ZS" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;data.worldbank.org&#x2F;indicator&#x2F;SL.TLF.CACT.FE.ZS</a>