One of my friends posted this article on FB today, which I think you should give a read. The main thrust is that the declining economics of today will herald an age where traditional 'manual labour' jobs will decline drastically, leading to massive societal upheaval. The model of the male breadwinner is going, fast. Will this lead to better equality for the genders? Or will this create a backlash which will only worsen things where they are already bad. Read on.
What happens to a society where the gender balance is disturbed? Some of those questions are addressed here, and here. India is particularly vulnerable to this. The gender ratio is 0.97 (ie. 970 females for 1000 males), which is disturbingly low. Further, India is split by a gender divide, where the Northern states have a shockingly low ratio of females to men. This does not correlate to education or prosperity, as some of our most prosperous states, such as Punjab and Gujrat are the worst offenders. But the implications are scary. Female abortions are the norm in modern India where a male child will bring 'happiness' to the family. We are heading for massive trouble.
What happens to a society where the gender balance is disturbed? Some of those questions are addressed here, and here. India is particularly vulnerable to this. The gender ratio is 0.97 (ie. 970 females for 1000 males), which is disturbingly low. Further, India is split by a gender divide, where the Northern states have a shockingly low ratio of females to men. This does not correlate to education or prosperity, as some of our most prosperous states, such as Punjab and Gujrat are the worst offenders. But the implications are scary. Female abortions are the norm in modern India where a male child will bring 'happiness' to the family. We are heading for massive trouble.
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There was major upheaval in news here on the back of this. Some radio shows aired impromptu interviews with people about female foeticide.
Marwaris too are offenders, and apparently it is not uncommon to make women undergo consecutive abortions as many as SIX times so that a male heir is produced.
The worst were the righteous ones who proclaimed men are the light of their family's life, right there, on radio, no matter what the RJ said.
Sick. I did not expect it to be so common in large metro cities. Villages, yes. However, it seems villagers just have 7 children - till they have a boy.
Its true. Sick, but true. Nothing anybody can do- unless teh ENTIRE population of this country is lobotomized!
I can't think of any other way to make anybody welcome "the girl child".
As my Mom tells me when I rant about this- you can't change the mindset of the WHOLE country. Ye to tu expect mat kar ki ladki hone par koi bhi kahega ki achcha hua"
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