Comments on: Why Sex determination Should Be legal In India

By: dr.ravinder

dr.ravinder — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 10:55:34 +0000

hello
it seems so pleasent when people r in favour to give birth to a female child.
in my point of view we should educate the normal people also by providing awareness prog. like male baby is not everything for u especially in the rural areas where there is females r illiterate.first we should literate them so that they can understand that females r better than males.

By: Rohit

Rohit — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:33:43 +0000

Yvonne,

I guess this preference for the male child is something which can be seen across the Asian culture. I wonder how much is this linked to emphasis on family structure in Asian culture.

Good Hermit,

Thats an interesting point and I remember reading an article which made precisely the same point that blanket bans are simply not the solution especially in the scenario you have pointed out.

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By: GoodHermit

GoodHermit — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:49:00 +0000

The problem in this issue and all legislation regarding women’s rights legislation in India is the myopic view with the laws are being formed and pushed thru, admittedly the position of women especially in North India is abhorrent. However, to form laws that have a clear ideology reflected in them is equally abhorrent. Controls on ,sex determination for the wrong reasons( meaning historical prejudices) are required, but the blanket ban without due consideration to individual circumstances, or indeed the Government’s own Population Policy is gruesome.
Hemophiliac Carriers are normally women, and Hemophiliacs are normally men. A couple with a Carrier woman in it may choose to not risk having a boy baby at all. Should such a couple be forced to loose a baby after he is born?
Technology allows us to relive human suffering. Banning its advances because we cannot eradicate ignorance shows our weakness as a society.

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:33:26 +0000

China is currently suffering from a unbalanced male/female ratio. As a result, there is a significant number of young low-income men with no hope of a wife…and a propensity towards violence. Secondly, since there are fewer women, they feel unsafe going out alone. I don’t think this is the answer, either. I’m appalled, however, at how little value women’s lives seem to be accorded in India. More info at this link (Flickr: 50 million missing (Indian women)–An International Campaign: http://www.flickr.com/groups/50_million_missing/discuss/72157602121871114/

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