Beginning of Essay
First off, before making important notes about the video, I would like to comment that for me the videos really help add to the class. It helps bring to life all of the readings. There were several things I noticed in the video Dadi's Family that related well to ....

Middle of Essay
.... All of the males stay and pool the income, but women do not, they must go and be married. I found it sad that the birth of a daughter is not exciting. But Davis-Floyd's analysis seems correct in this situation. Depending on the number of sons that one has the more wealth they will have. There is security in having boys, but then at the same time, I noticed at points, the women sang and talked of the wonders of being a daughter. It also was different from what you would expect in that even though the birth of a daughter was not celebrated, the oldest or first daughter in law has power. On page 419 the text reads, "Women were another source ....