Robert Agnew’s general strain theory explains female infanticide best in comparison to other theories. Robert Agnew’s general strain theory is the theory that situations can create strain in a person’s life which then causes them to commit crimes. Robert Agnew 's theory explained that people commit crimes because of either one of three types of strains. The first strain being the inability to complete or reach valued goals which lead to finding other means to reach their goals. The second strain is when someone loses something that was important to them, which leads to crime because the individual either attempts to get back or replace what was lost or looks for revenge on who had taken what they had away. The third strain is an individual
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In India, there should have been about 3million more girls in the country but due to female infanticide and sex-selective abortions those 3million girls are in a sense missing. It is obvious that female infanticide has made an effect on India’s populations. In 2011 for every 1000 boys there were 914 girls and even though the ratio is increasing because of sex-selective abortions becoming more popular, without female infanticides to begin with there would be a far smaller disparity between males and female population (“Female Infanticide”, 2016). This crime is also relevant to India because of the main reason for committing female infanticide in India was due to its culture preferring sons over daughters (Fuse & Crenshaw, 360). As explained before, Indian culture sees men as superior over women. Having a son is only beneficial to a family because the son can continue on with the family name and property. Eventually, a son will marry a woman and receive dowry and gifts from her family which will only raise his and his family’s status. As well as, a son will care for his parents in old age, unlike a daughter who will be unable to because of her duty to care for her husband 's aging parents instead of her own. The act of female infanticide continues to this day as a result of tradition and religion. Men in India have always been seen as superior because of all the benefits they pass to their families but the benefits they are given is because of tradition and culture. If everyone saw women as equals, women would easily be given the right to inherit land from their family, women would be able to care for their parents in old age, and women would be able to light the funeral pyre at their parent’s funeral. Since this is not a perfect world, women are seen as less in India considering they always have been. As a result of women being seen as less and being
In India, there should have been about 3million more girls in the country but due to female infanticide and sex-selective abortions those 3million girls are in a sense missing. It is obvious that female infanticide has made an effect on India’s populations. In 2011 for every 1000 boys there were 914 girls and even though the ratio is increasing because of sex-selective abortions becoming more popular, without female infanticides to begin with there would be a far smaller disparity between males and female population (“Female Infanticide”, 2016). This crime is also relevant to India because of the main reason for committing female infanticide in India was due to its culture preferring sons over daughters (Fuse & Crenshaw, 360). As explained before, Indian culture sees men as superior over women. Having a son is only beneficial to a family because the son can continue on with the family name and property. Eventually, a son will marry a woman and receive dowry and gifts from her family which will only raise his and his family’s status. As well as, a son will care for his parents in old age, unlike a daughter who will be unable to because of her duty to care for her husband 's aging parents instead of her own. The act of female infanticide continues to this day as a result of tradition and religion. Men in India have always been seen as superior because of all the benefits they pass to their families but the benefits they are given is because of tradition and culture. If everyone saw women as equals, women would easily be given the right to inherit land from their family, women would be able to care for their parents in old age, and women would be able to light the funeral pyre at their parent’s funeral. Since this is not a perfect world, women are seen as less in India considering they always have been. As a result of women being seen as less and being