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Miigwech

(3,741 posts)
Mon Jan 13, 2020, 06:49 PM Jan 2020

f-ing deal with it! Hillary tried.

Female infanticide

Female infanticide is the deliberate killing of girl babies.

It is also described as gender-selective killing or "gendercide". (Similar words like 'gynocide' and 'femicide' are used to describe the killing of females of any age.)

Female infanticide is more common than male infanticide, and in some countries, particularly India and China, is likely to have serious consequences on the balance of the sexes in the population.

The reasons behind it are almost always cultural, rather than directly religious.

The causes:
Anti-female bias

Societies that practise female infanticide always show many other signs of bias against females.

Women are perceived as subservient because of their role as carers and homemakers, whilst men predominantly ensure the family's social and economic stability.


https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/india/video-in-india-infant-thrown-into-drain-by-woman-is-saved-by-stray-dogs-1.1563610949967

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/abortion/medical/infanticide_1.sht
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