It's A Girl: Female Infanticide

From ancient times, practices that devalued women and put men on top have been in place and have transferred out to our society today, where women are valued more for their image than their intelligence. The countries of India and China have the practices of female infanticide, where it's actually the most popular. The documentary “It’s a Girl” first shows an Indian women stating “Women have the power to give life,” she explains, “and the power to take it away.” (It's a Girl) India and china have rooted in them the practice of infanticide. The film opens up with a woman telling her story about her births. She has been pregnant eight times, all of these eight times she gave birth to only girls, and eight times she had strangled and killed her daughters. She justifies her actions with the …show more content…
This custom, however, is without any logic. If so many girls are being killed off before reaching adulthood there will be no women left to birth boys. Women are the start of life, getting rid of them, on the long run, will also be getting rid of humanity. Being killed at a young age deprives girls from a chance to live but “...girls who survive infancy are often subject to neglect, and many grow up to face extreme violence and even death at the hands of their own husbands or other family members. The war against girls is rooted in centuries-old tradition and sustained by deeply ingrained cultural dynamics which, in combination with government policies, accelerate the elimination of girls.” (It’s a Girl) Even making past infancy, the struggle for women in this part of the world does not stop. Many are beaten or raped once reaching teenage years or adulthood. Many are also victim of human trafficking. They are not valued in their society and go through every struggle to maintain themselves safe and alive. Women, from very old traditions and cultures have been seen as less and unimportant. It not only has harmed how they view themselves but also how society has viewed them for