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    0 starstigerexotique | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 08 2008 | women, society, government
    India Together: Dress code wars continue - 23 February 2008

    March 8 is International Women's Day! So the next faves, are food for thought.

    This particular topic is prevalent even in the US-- Girls not being able to wear certain types of clothing in primary and secondary schools, in fear of drawing negative male attention.

    Quoted: 23 February 2008 - On 9 February 2008, remarks by the Chief Justice of Karnataka, Cyriac Joseph that immodest dressing was one reason for increasing ...

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    0 starstigerexotique | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 08 2008 | India, government, women, health
    ABC News: How Much Is Your Daughter Worth?

    How awful and completely unacceptable!!! Ahh...I can't believe my country still does this. I hope this government intervention works...But the foundation of the problem isn't being dealt with, and that is: girls are valued less compared to boys. Unless we aim to change negative social stigma about the value of women, that they are more than just a way of lessening burden once married off, we can't just pay people off. This is ridiculous. We need to redirect focus on educating women, and educating the public against things like dowries and required domesticities of women (especially in the rural areas).

    Quoted: By the time you finish reading this story, 10 more female fetuses in India will have been aborted. Aborted by a medical profession that profits ...

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