Raven Moore
4/14/2015
Soc 110-02
Dr. Pitts
It’s a Girl-Reflection Paper
After watching the video “It’s a Girl”, my eyes were opened to the cruelty and unfairness of the world. I realized how blessed I am to live in America, and how if I were to have been born in countries such as India or China, my life may not be as good as I have it now. In countries such as China and India having a daughter is considered a burden, and is often very dehumanized by China’s and India’s society. In India, a mother was interviewed and smiled as she told the camera’s she killed eight of her baby girls because she wanted a son. If one were to have a girl and did not wish to keep it there are several methods mothers in India use to dispose of the infant. One way …show more content…
Gendercide is the deliberate mass killing of girls. In America, for every one-hundred and five boys there are one-hundred girls. In India for every one-hundred and forty boys there are one hundred girls, due to the fact that one in four girls dies before puberty. Most of the time females in India are subjugated to abuse and neglect, just for being born a girl. Like the baby had a choice in her sex. It’s horrible to think, if I was born in India I would be a burden on family. In the video the interviewee, states that sons equal bravery, strength and wealth, thus being a patriarchal society, men are given money known as a dowry to marry one’s daughter. As a rule to keep their husbands happy, the first child has to be a boy. One hundred thousand women are murdered because of no son or dowery. In 2012 the PCPNDT Act was put into effect. The Act made it illegal to abort a baby girl. Although predetermined sex abortions are illegal Doctors still perform ultrasounds and are rare to investigate sex determined …show more content…
Because of fear of overpopulation China has a one family child rule. The rule is enforced by the family planning police. If a women does not abide by the rules of the government people in the community have the obligation to report the family who disobey. In China there are more than thirteen hundred abortions a day. Along with the high rate of abortions there is also an increasing rate of suicides of women, numbering in five thousand suicides. In China there is a Chinese saying that states “A daughter is a thief.” In addition to the Chinese saying there is a Chinese fortune that says “It is easier to raise chickens then a
4/14/2015
Soc 110-02
Dr. Pitts
It’s a Girl-Reflection Paper
After watching the video “It’s a Girl”, my eyes were opened to the cruelty and unfairness of the world. I realized how blessed I am to live in America, and how if I were to have been born in countries such as India or China, my life may not be as good as I have it now. In countries such as China and India having a daughter is considered a burden, and is often very dehumanized by China’s and India’s society. In India, a mother was interviewed and smiled as she told the camera’s she killed eight of her baby girls because she wanted a son. If one were to have a girl and did not wish to keep it there are several methods mothers in India use to dispose of the infant. One way …show more content…
Gendercide is the deliberate mass killing of girls. In America, for every one-hundred and five boys there are one-hundred girls. In India for every one-hundred and forty boys there are one hundred girls, due to the fact that one in four girls dies before puberty. Most of the time females in India are subjugated to abuse and neglect, just for being born a girl. Like the baby had a choice in her sex. It’s horrible to think, if I was born in India I would be a burden on family. In the video the interviewee, states that sons equal bravery, strength and wealth, thus being a patriarchal society, men are given money known as a dowry to marry one’s daughter. As a rule to keep their husbands happy, the first child has to be a boy. One hundred thousand women are murdered because of no son or dowery. In 2012 the PCPNDT Act was put into effect. The Act made it illegal to abort a baby girl. Although predetermined sex abortions are illegal Doctors still perform ultrasounds and are rare to investigate sex determined …show more content…
Because of fear of overpopulation China has a one family child rule. The rule is enforced by the family planning police. If a women does not abide by the rules of the government people in the community have the obligation to report the family who disobey. In China there are more than thirteen hundred abortions a day. Along with the high rate of abortions there is also an increasing rate of suicides of women, numbering in five thousand suicides. In China there is a Chinese saying that states “A daughter is a thief.” In addition to the Chinese saying there is a Chinese fortune that says “It is easier to raise chickens then a