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Jun. 19th, 2006 04:31 pmIndia's female shortage leads to wife-renting
in wealthy Gujarat state, the census showed 828 females for every 1,000 males, although officials say the number could be as low as 700 girls per 1,000 boys in parts of the state.
In some Indian states, they actually have education campaigns to discourage gender selection, and they have been quite successful... It's not very hard to reverse this phenomenon. It just takes some will.
You'd think that with such unbalanced rates though, it's men that would have to come up with dowries, not women. I guess there are some things that the invisible hand of the free market cannot touch!
in wealthy Gujarat state, the census showed 828 females for every 1,000 males, although officials say the number could be as low as 700 girls per 1,000 boys in parts of the state.
In some Indian states, they actually have education campaigns to discourage gender selection, and they have been quite successful... It's not very hard to reverse this phenomenon. It just takes some will.
You'd think that with such unbalanced rates though, it's men that would have to come up with dowries, not women. I guess there are some things that the invisible hand of the free market cannot touch!