Still a Bane to be the "Girl's side"?

We boast of a modern society where the man and woman are considered to be on an equal footing, thanks to women's education and economic independence.. But is it really so?? Consider an Indian wedding for instance...The groom's side can still throw tantrums for silly non-issues and humiliate the bride's folks in public and get away with it, just because they are from the "Groom's party".. Post marriage, the boy's family can speak in such a manner, which if it had been spoken by the girl's family, would amount to gross "Disrespect" and still the girl's folks have to shut up because it is the boy's family and reacting adversely can affect the girl's life...When the boy's family visits, the girls should be most respectful and, immaterial of her difficulties (say at work/ home etc.) she should smile and be pleasant.. However, when the girl's family visits, it is OK for the boy to not even acknowledge their presence, of worse wear a morose face as if telling the girl's folks "You are not welcome to my house" and the girl should still keep dumb so as to not create a rift in the family, as also the girl's family folks..Will any husband brook it if the girl does the same thing in return to his family??? Just because they are parents to a girl, how long and why at all should a girl's folks endure such silent insults?? Does having a son equal to having two golden horns on ones head, or is every man "God's gift to the earth" while every woman is a curse? When will these things change???