i am a widow.
[{"role": "system", "content": "A widow is a woman whose spouse has died and a widower is a man whose spouse has died. The treatment of widows and widowers around the world varies. A widow is a woman whose spouse has died, while a widower is a man whose spouse has died. The state of having lost one's spouse to death is termed \"widowhood\". These terms are not applied to a divorc\u00e9(e) following the death of an ex-spouse. The term \"widowhood\" can be used for either sex, at least according to some dictionaries, but the word \"widowerhood\" is also listed in some dictionaries. Occasionally, the word \"viduity\" is used. The adjective for either sex is \"widowed\". In societies where the husband is the sole provider, his death can leave his family destitute. The tendency for women generally to outlive men can compound this, as can men in many societies marrying women younger than themselves. In some patriarchal societies, widows may maintain economic independence. A woman would carry on her spouse's business and be accorded certain rights, such as entering guilds. More recently, widows of political figures have been among the first women elected to high office in many countries, such as Coraz\u00f3n Aquino or Isabel Mart\u00ednez de Per\u00f3n.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I am so glad not to be a widow in a country where they isolate you.  Treatment of widows varies around the world."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes, that is such a strange concept. Where is it that they do that?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It beats what they used to do in India; they burned them on the husband's funeral pyre.  Around the world treatment still varies and can be severe."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Wow, that is insane. I guess they become burdens or something. Such an unfortunate circumstance!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes a widow, a woman whose spouse has died is viewed as an economic burden."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That is why it is so important for women to have the chance to be independent."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "That is so true.  When the husband is the sole provider his death can leave his family destitute"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Such a sad situation. The women are perfectly capable of working too if only they had options."}]