WTF?!
What is wrong with people?! "India has killed 10 mln girls in 20 years". Yes, there's a bit of a hassle associated with bringing up a girl in India, such as the (banned) practice of dowry and social pressures that basically shaft women when it comes to education and finding a job. But you're "solving" this issue from the wrong end! How much sense would it make to demolish all roads, just so that people wouldn't get motion sickness while riding in a car?
China has similar issues. Boys are much more sought-after, so a large percentage of newborn girls mysteriously die. At the bottom of a ditch. The fact that much of China is rural makes disposing of children that much easier.
Ironically, one of the first steps is to change the world to one that welcomes women. Not with sand in the mouth and nostrils or being thrown into a ditch, but with open arms and acceptance. Or is that too much to ask?
2 comments:
Well I have to disagree on that. The minister who quoted those figures is not a relaible source.Politicians in India or known for making sensational (read foolish) to hog lime light. Iam not trying to run away or side track the whole issue. Its a well known fact that a male child is preffered over a femal child but!! thats in rural and un educated communities. There have been incidents in the past but as of now its on the down trend.
I won't argue with you about the reliability of the minister. I don't know her at all and the Wikipedia is of no help. Assuming she's stirring up the pot with this news, lets look at other sources: UNICEF reports that 7,000 fewer girls are born each week. 7,000 * 365 * 20 ~ 50 million. 50 million girls over the course of two decades, taking the latest estimate as the average. I sure hope that this wasn't the average over the past 20 years.
If you're right, though, about there being a marked decrease in the number of these cases, we're looking at a much higher estimate than 50 million over the last 20 years.
Quite a topic to start off your morning with.
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