“Daughters are as good as sons!”

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is this where india is headed? read on, it’s from the hindustan times:

“Rural families in China, where there is a traditional bias for boys, are being offered cash incentives to stop aborting baby girls and help correct a sex imbalance, the China Daily said on Thursday.

Under the “Care for Girls” pilot programme, girls would be exempted from paying school fees, insurance would be given to households until their daughters grow up and families with just one daughter would enjoy housing, employment, education and welfare privileges, the newspaper said.

…The problem is particularly acute in the poverty-stricken countryside, where some governments have responded by plastering villages with posters reading: “Daughters are as good as sons!”

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  1. On a recent visit to China, the town I visited had 700,000 more males than females. I saw, not these particular posters, but advertisements in newspapers giving cash and various gifts for a successful marriage to the male. India, will eventually have a reverse dowry system in place as well, as the male population continues to skyrocket.

    China Population

                      Population  1,261,832,482 (July 2000 est.) 


                  Age structure  0-14 years:25% 

      male    168,040,006; 

      female 152,826,953

                  15-64 years:68% 

                  male    439,736,737; 

                  female 413,454,673

                  65 years and over:7% 

                  male     41,200,297; 

                  female  46,573,816) (2000 est.) 

                   Population growth rate  0.9% (2000 est.) 


                  Net migration rate  -0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.) 


                  Sex ratio  at birth:1.15 male(s)/female

                  under 15 years:1.1 male(s)/female

                  15-64 years:1.06 male(s)/female

                  65 years and over:0.88 male(s)/female

                  total population:1.06 male(s)/female (2000 est.)

    India Population

                       Population  1,014,003,817 (July 2000 est.) 


                   Age structure  0-14 years:34% 

                   male     175,228,164; 

                   female  165,190,951

                   15-64 years: 62% 

                   male    324,699,562; 

                   female 301,821,383

                   65 years and over:4% 

                   male     23,925,371; 
                   female  23,138,386) (2000 est.) 


                   Population growth rate  1.58% (2000 est.) 



                   Birth rate  24.79 births/1,000 population (2000 est.) 



                   Death rate  8.88 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.) 



                   Net migration rate  -0.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.) 



                   Sex ratio at birth:1.05 male(s)/female

                   under 15 years:1.06 male(s)/female

                   15-64 years:1.08 male(s)/female

                   65 years and over:1.03 male(s)/female

                   total population:1.07 male(s)/female (2000 est.)