Infanticide

the ratio of childhood boys to girls, to be heavily weighted on the boy’s side. The average ratio was 173 boys for every 100 girls (Smith 1994: 596). “When there are far more young boys than girls in a society, we can assume that some type of infanticide was being practiced” (LeBlanc:…

In other words, in order for one to be able to display good caring qualities, they have be learned. Thus, if we look at Sethe infanticide, although it was clear in her mind that the only way to save her children was by killing them, it also give a sense that perhaps she could have chosen otherwise if she had learned how to care. In the novel, Sethe came to the plantation as a slave…

occurrences of infanticide in New York City within the last three months, specifically 27 year-old, Tenisha Fearon, who has been charged with murder after throwing her 6 month-old infant out of a six-story window resulting in the infant’s death. (Wallace, 2015) The use of such a poignant example of the effects that PPD may have on a mothers psyche was quite dramatic and the greatest critique for this article lies in the use of infanticide to draw attention to an issue where infanticide is a rare…

Originating from the dynastic periods of Chinese rule and persisting in contemporary China, through its cultural and political imperialism, China has shaped a male dominant and male favored society. The Qing dynasty came into power during a time of rapid population growth and explained China’s borders to their greater extent. External and internal pressures such as foreign imperialism, the opium wars, peasant rebellions, and ethnic disputes led to the decline of the Qing dynasty. After a power…

The one child policy produces negative social consequences, particularly sex discrimination. With males being viewed as culturally preferable, the practice of female infanticide has been the major event. China began promoting the use of birth control and family planning with the establishment of the People’s Republican in 1979 to limit population growth. The law indicates that each family should legally have only one child. “Fines, pressures to abort a pregnancy, and even forced sterilization…

sought to prove that the law of homicide is often too harsh in its assignation of labels to those who cause the death of others, by concentrating on the examples of murder with oblique intent, involuntary manslaughter and the partial defence of infanticide. It will conclude by determining the extent to which the existing law assigns the correct labels to those who commit a homicide, and whether there is thus a need for reform within the law. Murder with oblique intent 2. Murder is known to be…

of non-contradiction. Cultural relativism is an ethical theory that states “correct moral standards are relative to cultures or societies …” (Shafer-Landau 293). For example, the Inuit people believed that infanticide was morally acceptable. In contrast, most of the world believes that infanticide is highly immoral and never acceptable. Cultural relativism acts as a sort of scapegoat and allows both of these viewpoints to be correct. However, the problem arises when the law of non-contradiction…

measured by her dowry. Feminism in India tries to create a voice for women, where their value is measured in their intelligence and willingness to succeed rather how much money she can bring to her husband’s family. It also allows problems like female infanticide and female oppression to be heard so the country can change it. However, it is difficult for feminists, many of whom are women, to display their thoughts to the rigid, traditional society in India. Art is the medium that women, like…

person-like than an unborn fetus in the 9th month. This thought challenges the idea that a fetus isn’t a person by pointing out the similarities between an unborn fetus in its late term and newborn babies. If both don’t meet the criteria, then infanticide would be permissible because abortion is permissible, granting that neither are human…

Imagine that a loved one was killed before it even got the chance to grow up and experience the world. Imagine that a baby is peacefully resting in its Utopia when it suddenly experiences the biggest amount of pain having its limbs torn out and within seconds, it becomes dark. Just like that, the innocent baby will never have a chance to encounter what humans experience every day. Merritt Tierce has been pregnant five times and by her third pregnancy, she got an abortion. Tierce was in poverty…