I, for one, fail to see what is so benign or benevolent about a society
that forces a woman to find a man so that she can obtain rights to
property that is rightfully hers. Naomi cannot inherit her husband's
property. She has to find his (male) next of kin, then use some kind of
strategy so that he will marry her daughter-in-law. That is the only way
to prevent Naomi and her daughter-in-law from falling onto the public
dole,
even with all the property Naomi's husband owned.
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