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Originally Posted by FarrahWaters
I just read this book, and found that studies show that there are between 60-101 "missing women" in the world due to gender discrimination, with China, India and Pakistan having the greatest disproportion of male to female. Besides selective sex abortions, this number is credited to neglect of girl infants, witholding of medical care for girls (people will vaccinate and take boys to the hospital, but not their daughters), girls who die early from AIDS caught as sex slaves in brothels, "bride burnings" and "honor killings".... the list goes on. |
I am glad I am a man but worry for my daughters, sisters and women friends. Thank goodness most of them reside in the US, where some semblance of decency exists.