SOAN 3100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Dowry, Hypergamy, Sex Selection
27 Oct 2017
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Life expectation: women outlive men (males are vulnerable before birth and carries out through the life cycle) 1981 census: a lot of bright pink in the north west represents fewer girls. 1991 census: greater areas and spreading across the country. 2001 census: deep red, meaning a lot of girls have gone missing. ** when 2011 census is mapped, it would look similarly to the 2001. Son preference: property inheritance, continuation of linage. Daughter elimination: sunk investment (watering a neighbors plant, economic costs of raising a daughter, old age security (most, dowry and life long obligations important) no pension program, performing rituals (last rights and ancestral worship criminates the parents. If not the son, it will: threat to chastity and family honor girls do not have the status males have. be the nearest male relative. If it is the daughter, she will go to hell. They do provide care but it is generally not recognized.
