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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 10:48 AM Original message |
914 girls for every 1,000 boys... India's disturbing trend |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. k and r for the horrifying reality of the hatred and war against women. |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. The double-edged sword of choice. |
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ParkieDem (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I know ... this worries me too. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 02:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. indian women are not legally allowed to choose abortion based on gender |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 03:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. They should be. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. well no, their abortion right really remains, they just dont get told |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Its done all the time. India is rift with corruption and graft. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. Religious tradition. |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
3. 'economically well-off states... in the forefront' |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
4. And a nasty surprise when all those boys grow up & cannot find a bride |
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Hestia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. NG Explorer with Lisa Ling had a show about it - first thing my husband |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. except that in India, a daughter costs a lot to get "married off", and if sons are preferred |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 02:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. That tide will turn. |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. This assumes you can choose your sexual orientation. |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. it doesn't assume bin thinking |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
5. Many pregnant parents have been requesting sonograms for years now, |
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houstonintc (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
6. Their culture isn't our issue... |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Being of a different culture doesn't excuse barbarity and murder. |
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houstonintc (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Speak against, actively coercing... No |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
7. 8 million girls killed in ten years?? |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
12. Normally 105 boys are born for every 100 girls |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
13. The good news is... |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
14. and in China.... |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. I was wondering about that. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. I posted an article about this a few weeks ago. Chinese females now control marriage |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
17. I read a book once |
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LetTimmySmoke (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
20. Society cannot afford sexism anymore. |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
24. Traditions and superstition is responsible. Maybe religion too. nt |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
25. Kerala which is more socialist with high literacy rate has more females than males |
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houstonintc (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 04:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Isn't that still a problem? |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 05:19 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. the percentage is like 51 women 49 men |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Please cite your source because I have read (I believe in the Guardian) |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. not just education level but equality which Kerala has more of than other places |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:27 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. the less diff in male-female income the less likely that female fetus's are aborted |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
33. If they all survived, the overpopulation would be careening out of control that much faster. |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
36. the parallels with China made were interesting /nt |
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