Thanks. I’m familiar with the practice, I was more interested in the (possible) history of it being abused as a human rights wedge issue by the British, as huf suggested.
I can be misremembering, but it seems I recall widows being pressed into low-wage, labor-intensive work or…“other work” because they couldn’t support themselves.
Sati https://www.britannica.com/topic/suttee
Sorry I didn’t see a non-western source.
Thanks. I’m familiar with the practice, I was more interested in the (possible) history of it being abused as a human rights wedge issue by the British, as huf suggested.
Oh, well I don’t remember all the details, and of course now everything online has been whitewashed, but I vaguely remember that.
I can be misremembering, but it seems I recall widows being pressed into low-wage, labor-intensive work or…“other work” because they couldn’t support themselves.