恰恰相反,种姓制度反而保障了低种姓的婚姻权,跨种姓婚姻可能遭到荣誉谋杀。引用维基上的数据,“A majority of marriages in India are still endogamous with inter-caste and inter-religious marriages found mostly among those who are "economically, educationally, culturally advanced and urban oriented". A study in 2005 found that inter-caste marriages had nearly doubled between 1981 and 2005 but only reaching the level of 6.1%.”,即印度目前依然以内婚制为主,1981到2005年间的跨种姓婚姻比过去翻倍,但依然只有6.1%。