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Aug 24, 2006 5:57 pm |
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re: re: Stop Sex Determination |
Basab Ghosh
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Lalit, on a serious note, what is this petition about? Sex determination tests have already been declared illegal quite some time back, but it still continues. It continues because of the mindset of OUR society which demands dowry from the bride's family, who indulge in bride burning, our age old system of the male child carrying the 'bansh' forward. If one wants to stop sex determination tests, then fight for changing our male oriented traditions. Only then things will change.
Before the advent of the sex determination tests, there used to be female infanticides, now there is female foeticide. If the clamp down on sex determination tests become successful, then the female infanticide rate will again skyrocket. The net result will not change unless we change our traditions.
If you want to petition, petition for changing our traditions. A desease can be cured only if it is removed at the root, not by just suppressing it.
Now, lighten up. No one was mocking the content of the thread. But I definitely feel it is short sighted and immature (in all seriousness).
Cheers!Private Reply to Basab Ghosh (new win) |
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