Why did ancient women prefer to be the wives of the poor rather than marry the rich as concubines?

In ancient times, women's status was originally low. If they were concubines for the rich, life would be even worse. First of all, being a concubine will be laughed at, concubines will compete for favor, and the children born to concubines will be unpopular, so it is far from being a true wife to marry the poor.

When we watch TV, we often see that ancient people had many concubines, so sometimes concubines are richer than real wives. In fact, the possibility of this kind of thing happening in ancient times is not high, just the imagination of some people now. In fact, the real ancient couple system is not what we call polygamy today. Technically, it should be polygamy. In ancient times, all women of noble birth were married as good wives. Except those who have to bow their heads because of the pressure of life, ordinary people will not take the initiative to be concubines. Because in ancient times, they had a very strict hierarchy. The wife is married by the media and needs her husband's care and love. Any husband who dotes on his concubine and kills his wife will be looked down upon by others.

Concubine's position in the family is also very low, even lower than that of ordinary domestic slaves. If the mistress of the family is strong, she can kill her husband's concubines at will. Once they are brought in as concubines, there is no chance to get ahead. Even if the wife dies, they can't be superior, and the husband will remarry his wife instead of concubines.

Therefore, the only way out for concubines is their stomachs, because their looks will eventually get old. Only when the child is born can it be more valuable. Although ancient people attached great importance to children, concubines gave birth to children only to make their lives better, but even children were never called mothers. Because of their low status, only wives can be called mothers by all children, and concubines can only be called aunts at most. Therefore, ancient women would rather be wives of the poor than concubines of the rich, because concubines are not only laughed at, but also have no dignity. If they had a choice, no one would choose to be a concubine.