A Nation Without Women

[Guest G.Kaur]

Anyone seen the movie??

http://www.infochangeindia.org/documentary08.jsp

[Guest Papi]

scary, why would someone kill a child :ysad:

in most cases the mother gets "blamed" for giving birth to a girl, but its been proven that sex of a child is determined by the father. talk about double standards

[palamrinder]

I've had seen this movie last year. Some scenes are pretty graphic in nature. The director did portray a valid concern for indian society.

[wannabekaur5]

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I have a coupleof mates (girls) who down grade themselves so much that they've started a new religion which believes that women dont exist, we are just an figment of imagination from men???? For those of you who know me, you know all about my feminist views. They are going DOWN I TELL YA!!!! DOWN!!!!

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[sikh supreme]

What makes these people want boys over girls? Lets explore the cultural environment they live so that we can find out the root causes of why this goes on.

I would say:

* Males in that society are seen as bread winners.

* Poorer families are more likely to indulge in rejection of female foteus.

* Males are seen as physically stong, able to protect the family and livelyhood.

* The inheritance of name and land is always given to the males in the family culturaly.

* Women are seen as mothers, housewives whose roles generally revolve around cooking, and cleaning and bringin up the family. For a girl/woman to go out to work is still seen as a taboo.

* Women/girls in the past and present are prone to sexual hassesment and rape by the enemy (this evil tool has been used many a time in conflicts).

* Honour is seen with the females of the family, if she looses her izzat (honour) then the family is loses its hence the so called honour killings.

* India is a developing nation that needs manual labour, males suit those roles. Once it enters into the service indusry more and becomes industralised. More inter-personal skills are needed hence why now many women are employed to work in that industry. And so you see changing attitudes in relation to women going out to work to earn a living for the family.

List others as you see fit.....

So for many families, in the indian subcontinent, those are just some issues that affect why this evil and disgusting practise goes on. The cultural environment over there is very different from the western world.