What is the rationale for bridewealth in a patrilineal society?
A) The wife is expensive to maintain and the groom must be compensated.
B) The wife's family will lose her labor and reproductive capacity.
C) The wife's family negotiates a better marriage with a high bridewealth.
D) The wife's children will drain resources from her husband's family over time.
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