I've read somewhere that now it's a good time to have a daughter. She can decide on her future, make her conscious professional and personal choices, and add so much to the society. Still some countries perceive having a daughter as a waste of resources: abortions of unborn girls are common as families welcome boys. Boys: the future, the business resources, the fathers, the succession of the family name. You are lucky if you weren't born in these places. You can also consider yourself lucky if you weren't born in times when being a woman was almost a curse. What if your only duty was to get married and bear children, without which you'd be considered worthless? What if having a boy was your only path to privilege? What if your adult life started as being nothing more than the third wife? Enjoy.
Every epoch has its do's and don'ts. And if you're set firmly in the society and wish to fit in the norms for the reasons of career and financial security, your personal feelings and happiness might be completely disregarded. What if a man on the verge of getting married met a woman who redefined his idea of love and passion? Would he follow his heart, abandoning what he had and deep down didn't want and chasing after what he really desired? Or would he conform for the sake of security and reputation? In every epoch, there are women more independent and scandalous than the accepted norm. Not all marriages of love survive and not all liaisons out of reason are unhappy, which makes the choice even harder. But despite the glamorous clothes, society's balls and slightly outdated lifestyle, is the situation any less different than what can happen to you at present? The Age of Innocence.