Find me a home (now focusing on biblical Israel & the talmud)

[Hooahguy]

you are forgetting that if you look in the laws of Nashim (book of the Mishnah) it plainly says that the woman can apply to the courts to force the hubby to giver her one. i will try to find it when i get home from NY.

and yes i know what yibum is. it has nothing to do with womens rights, rather to commemorate the name of the deceased father. i fail to see how it deals with womens rights.

EDIT: Ironside, i looked into that Exodus 21 pasage. turns out you are missing a critical part of the Pasuk(sentence).
it reads as follows in the jewish version of the bible. dunno what you non-jews are translating it as.
reads as follows (Ex 21:7-8):
"if a man sells his daughter as a maidservant, she shall not be freed as male servants are. her master should designate her as his bride, and if she is not pleasing to her, he must let her be redeemed."

EDIT II: doing some looking in the commentaries, i found this:
by Rashi, on the "his daughter" part: only a minor girl may be sold.
by the Yad: he may only sell his daughter if he is absolutely destitute and has no other means of support.