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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20258 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
All for the sake of 'culture', religion, and greed: India's unwanted girls India's 2011 census shows a serious decline in the number of girls under the age of seven - activists fear eight million female foetuses may have been aborted in the past decade. ... ... Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described female foeticide and infanticide as a "national shame" and called for a "crusade" to save girl babies. But Sabu George, India's best-known campaigner on the issue, says the government has so far shown little determination to stop the practices. ... This comment is rather apt: Changing abortion laws/outlawing abortion won't matter a jot here. There needs to be serious investigation into the on-going practice of dowry exchange and strong education on the role of women and their rights in Indian society. In order for this situation to change it would require massive cultural upheaval. Call me cynical, but can a country really change it's entire cultural view of women? So how do we change the world for the better? Southern India has a very good example that can be followed where good and freely available education equally for everyone, girls aswel as boys, has greatly helped to stabilise the population in various ways. So why not for the rest of the country?... It's ALL our world, Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
I recall that a major portion of Indian Christians live in the south. This may be part of the reason things have shifted a bit there In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30637 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Is it me, or is a country that is doing this preparing itself for a massive war in a couple of decades? |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30637 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Is it me, or is a country that is doing this preparing itself for a massive war in a couple of decades? Just wondering what happens when all those boys can't find wives and what their reaction may be. India isn't the only country where there is a large sex ratio imbalance either. |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
whats not surprising is both India and china are producing a surplus of boy babies which will lead to an awful lot of bachelors in the decades to come In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
Sarge Send message Joined: 25 Aug 99 Posts: 12273 Credit: 8,569,109 RAC: 79 |
Theoretically, for each birth, P(B) = 1/2 and P(G) = 1/2. I think you will find empirically, the percentages of women is somewhere between 50 and 51 percent. The percentage of men is below 50%, but not below 49%. Now multiply by a number between 6 billion and 7 billion. (To avoid confusion in the UK, that's 6 or 7 followed by two sets of three zeros.) By no means, though, does this justify misognystic behaviors/policies. |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
don't you mean 3 sets of 3 zeros. 6,000,000,000 for brits its 6,000 million In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30637 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Theoretically, for each birth, P(B) = 1/2 and P(G) = 1/2. BZZZZZZZZZZZT... Answer, 105 males to 100 females at birth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sex_ratio |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
yeah a few more men per women are born and darwin clears out a few men as the population ages until there are fewer men than woman In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
Sarge Send message Joined: 25 Aug 99 Posts: 12273 Credit: 8,569,109 RAC: 79 |
don't you mean 3 sets of 3 zeros. 6,000,000,000 for brits its 6,000 million You are correct, I erred. I reversed things. A billion in the UK has 2 sets of three zeros. We have 3 sets.[/list] |
Sarge Send message Joined: 25 Aug 99 Posts: 12273 Credit: 8,569,109 RAC: 79 |
yeah a few more men per women are born and darwin clears out a few men as the population ages until there are fewer men than woman Indeed. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20258 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
yeah a few more men per women are born and darwin clears out ... In the cold misogynist cruelty of India (and other anti-women countries/states/cultures/religions), perhaps 'market forces' might take over from Darwin to increase their 'value' due to their scarcity... Time for an India women's movement? Set up refuges where women can safely withdraw their services until they do gain due respect? Or how many more generations will there be for continued misogynist ignorance? We can all whinge on these forums, but what to do about it? Anyone heard anything of Sakineh for a while?... It's all our only world, Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Hev Send message Joined: 4 Jun 05 Posts: 1118 Credit: 598,303 RAC: 0 |
I think that you will find Martin, that there has been a women's movement in India for quite some time. The women's movement in India: Action and reflection |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30637 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
China: Can Education Curb a Mistress Epidemic? http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,2072530,00.html |
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