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Endogamy is a feature of the caste system.

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The above statement is true.
The hereditary, hierarchical, and insistence on endogamy are the characteristics of the caste system (marriage only within castes). A group adopts endogamy to reduce the externality of members being married to non-members. We show how the caste system enforces gender inequities in endogamy sanctions and favours hypergamy (matching many partners) over hypogamy (marrying down). Our methodology addresses other caste-related issues like commensality restrictions and child or planned marriages. Even though many contend that this is a kind of caste discrimination, a practice ruled illegal in the middle of the 20th century, expectations of caste endogamy still exist in some sections of India and the Indian diaspora.

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