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2005-08-15 12:29 PM

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Subject: Female Foeticide
Here is a disturbing piece from Reuters on MSNBC

It's a scenario that's hit India straight in the gut.

Some time in the future in a village in eastern India, there are only a few women left. As a result, five brothers are married to one woman -- who then take turns brutalising her every night.

This may be the figment of a Bollywood film-maker's imagination, but activists say the film, "Matrubhoomi" is awakeup call in a country plagued by two of the most horrific crimes against women: infanticide and female foeticide.

"Infanticide may still be there in small pockets, but foeticide is more rampant," said Akhila Shivdas of the Centre for Advocacy and Research.

"They believe why wait for nine months to eliminate a baby girl when they can do it in just eight weeks."

2005-08-15 3:13 PM
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Subject: RE: Female Foeticide
Yeah, that's been going on for a while, sadly. Not just in India, but also in China.

The only consolation is that in another generation or so, they will begin to feel the effects of having too many boys and not enough girls.

The problem isn't the laws that allows people to have the abortion, but the whole patriarchical culture that puts a higher value on men than women.
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