People don't know what female infanticide is. They think it's doing something like, oh, taking a pillow and smothering the kid. That's not common.
In reality it's unequal care. For example, if a female child is sick not as much effort is spent caring for her as would be if she were a boy. A girl-child is far more likely to die of common diseases, injuries, etc. When it trickles up to the statistical level it's very obvious that little girls are dying in surprising numbers from things the boys survive.
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Date: 2004-05-01 05:54 pm (UTC)In reality it's unequal care. For example, if a female child is sick not as much effort is spent caring for her as would be if she were a boy. A girl-child is far more likely to die of common diseases, injuries, etc. When it trickles up to the statistical level it's very obvious that little girls are dying in surprising numbers from things the boys survive.
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