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Female foeticide:
Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques includesUltra-sonography, Foetoscopy,Amniocentesis and Taking samples of amniotic
fluid, embryo, blood or any tissue or fluid of pregnant women after conception,
female feticide is Aborting a female fetus after sex determination test.
FACTORS that FAVOUR…..
Evil of Dowry
Social Security
Small Child Norm
EDUCATIONAL STATUS
SOCIETY
Evil of Dowry
• The practice of dowry ,a nationwide problem. • Now found in communities and castes in which it
had never been the custom.• Inherited from upper caste practices. In majority
of cases, • Laws failed to show any impact on the practice
of dowry.
It is estimated that a dowry death occurs in India every 93 minutes.
Evil of Dowry……..
• In marriage the groom demanded that the bride’s father also provide for his daughter’s maintenance, since she was now a financial ‘burden’ on him. And the system of dowry started. So, a girl became a potential financial drain on man
• As a matter of prestige too, more money and material goods asked in dowry.
• The girl was no longer desired.
In order to continue possessing ones property, even after death, the need of an heir, a son, became necessary .
The birth of a son is regarded as essential in Hinduism and many prayers and lavish offerings are made in temples in the hope of having a male child.
Social Security:
Son as Social Security for old age
Small Child Norm
• Faced with social burdens rarely any one prefers to have more children.
• One or two is the norm of the day .• For continuance of ones property, and gene, the
need of an heir, a son, becomes necessary.• Amniocentesis and sonography, widely available,• Termination of pregnancy is simple and accessible.• Female foeticide has become quite easy.• Couple adopts evil ‘It is better to spend Rs500 now
than Rs5,00000 (in dowry) later’
The world population has a sex ratio of 990 females per 1000 males
Sex ratio:
Japan 1041
USA 1029
Indonesia 1004
Bangladesh 953
China 944
India 933
India has one of the lowest sex ratios in the world
WikiProject India Maps
Source: Census of India, 2001.
RURAL VS URBAN
CHILD SEX ratio
Sex Ratio
(Females per 1000 males)
Sl. No.India / States / Union Territories 1991 2001
INDIA 927 933
1 Jammu and Kashmir 896 900
2 Himachal Pradesh 976 970
3 Punjab 882 874
4 Chandigarh 790 773
5 Uttaranchal 936 964
6 Haryana 865 861
7 Delhi 827 821
8 Rajasthan 910 922
9 Uttar Pradesh 876 898
10 Bihar 907 921
11 Sikkim 878 875
12 Arunachal Pradesh 859 901
13 Nagaland 886 909
14 Manipur 958 978
15 Mizoram 921 938
16 Tripura 945 950
17 Meghalaya 955 975
18 Assam 923 932
19 West Bengal 917 934
20 Jharkhand 922 941
21 Orissa 971 972
22 Chhatisgarh 985 990
23 Madhya Pradesh 912 920
24 Gujarat 934 921
25 Daman & Diu 969 709
26 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 952 811
27 Maharashtra 934 922
28 Andhra Pradesh 972 978
29 Karnataka 960 964
30 Goa 967 960
31 Lakshadweep 943 947
32 Kerala 1036 1058
33 Tamil Nadu 974 986
34 Pondicherry 979 1001
35Andaman & Nicobar Islands* 818 846
Society today……..
It speaks of a whole Society that has gone corrupt, desiring destruction of half its population, Are we secular, social, and human?.In Modern India a woman is regarded as a commodity and marriage has become more of a business alliance than a sacred bond between two souls.
By – Abhishek Rao