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Causes And Disadvantages Of The Girl Child

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FEMALE FOETICIDE
KKSOCIO-CULTURAL CAUSES
 The favouring of the boy child is inherent Indian society and this mindset is embedded i our culture
 Son is supposed to carry the family name forward, support the parents in their old age while the daughter will go away to another house.
 The birth of a girl child often puts immense pressure on the parents with regards to dowry to be given at the time of her wedding
 The inferiority of women and the rights of the girl child have long been debated .The practice of female foeticide is a product of the belief in the inferiority of women nevertheless sex selection is actually the product of that belief. ECONOMIC REASONS
 Parents often start calculating the cost that will incur in raising their daughter i.e. Expenses related to child rearing, education, health, and especially at the time of marriage.
 It is not a custom in our culture for parents to take any money from their daughter even if she starts earning. This means that the money spent on girl child’s up bringing will not yield any monetary benefit later.
 In many areas women are still not encouraged to gain financial independence .

Discrimination against the Girl Child in South Asia
The fact of gender discrimination is highly despicable; female disadvantage in infant and child survival is a well documented phenomenon in the south Asian countries. It starts as soon as the girl child is conceived and becomes more visible in early childhood itself and

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