Let there be
equal number of males and females
The Indian desire for a male child, even
if at the exclusion of a female child, is widespread and well-established. In India,
a larger number of boys than girls are born. Pre-natal sex selection is leading
to more boys being born. The push for smaller families is making pre-natal sex
selection more common. Families chose in the past to have repeated pregnancies
until a male child was born. But now as smaller families become a social norm,
families are being pushed towards artificial methods of ensuring a male
offspring. Smaller families are more likely to have more boys than girls, while
the larger ones have more girls than boys.
Let there be a meaningful conversation on
gender equality. Gender inequality is the most serious problem. If this
inequality continues, the future generation might have to suffer. Government
should take the initiatives to make
some schemes and some programs so that the girl child is accepted in our
society.
Our films always display women as an appendix
rather than an integral part. Take any modern day films and the heroine is made
to do some "item" numbers or expose her belly while the entire focus
is on the worthless hero. Stop adoring such films and filmstars and eventually
the producers will get the message. Along with this boycott, spread the
awareness that GOD can create only two species of humans - female or male,
thats it. So accept whatever child is born and give that child a good education
and imbibe good values so that the child will eventually become an asset to the
country.
Women insecurity is one of the issues
that fuels the favouring for a boy child. Until and unless the security threats
around a women from both domestic and society diminishes, desire for a girl
child would remain a vulnerable choice in minds of both middle class and lower
class citizens. In most of the cases, the atrocities hurled upon women goes
unreported and no proper justice is availed. The girl's family bears the burden
of trauma. Women are looked upon as the honour of an Indian family, which seems
to be a matter of pride. But, a blot (in form of threats) on this honour figure
demotivates the family for bearing girl child.
Actually this is a very serious issue
that must be addressed immediately without further delay. The government must
take stricter measures to curb the menace of pre-natal sex determination which
is the root cause of female feticide. And laws must be enacted like China to
limit the number of children in each family to two. This would help lowering
the population growth and at the same time, people won't keep on having
children in the hope of a son. A skewed sex ratio can become a major
psychological cause of rape, physical abuse and crimes against women. Another
way to improve sex ratio in the country is by implementing certain schemes for
the girl chid right from the time of birth - allowance for the upbringing,
education and consequently marriage of girls in case of the BPL population.
China is currently suffering from the
long term results of this type of social outlook. The one child policy had
encouraged families to only desire boys. However now there is a disproportion
in gender ratio leaving a lot of young bachelors without brides. Nature is
programed to maintain the optimal 1-1 reproduction rate. Favoring one gender
over another will just lead to an unintended decline in population.
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