Female Infanticide

What is Female Infanticide?


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To kill an infant because they are female.

In some cultures males are more highly regarded and valued than females, which can cause female infanticide i.e. China 2007 maintains a rule, the One Child Policy, that you can only have one child, or be severely penalizedfor having more than one child.

Hindu's and Muslim's have a long tradition of females having to be married with a dowry, which can lead to poorer families committing female infanticide.

See female infanticide, male infanticide, infanticide, dowry, china, india, poverty


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