RE: Atheists, the death penalty and abortion...
March 10, 2013 at 12:44 am
(This post was last modified: March 10, 2013 at 12:47 am by genkaus.)
(March 9, 2013 at 4:31 pm)EGross Wrote: Is abortion by sex selection based on religious dogma (boys are better than girls) or is it something else?
It is a consequence of religious dogma and that of the society or culture they live in - which, as it happens, is also affected by that dogma.
Almost all religions - explicitly or implicitly - regard men as superior to women. This is usually reflected in how they are treated in the society. Apart from that there are the archaic considerations that a boy is fit for education and work while a girl is fit for raising children and doing housework, which leads the parents to assume that in their old age, their son would be the one to support them financially. Then there is the idea that a woman does not continue the family line since once married she becomes a part of her husband's family. And then there is the whole thing about the girl's family having to pay huge dowries in order to get married, which makes having girls a certain exorbitant financial burden.
These considerations are the primary reasons for both gender-selective abortions and female infanticide.
(March 10, 2013 at 12:30 am)catfish Wrote: I know you don't see a problem, that's why it is messed up...
No, actually, the problem is that there is no problem other than one made of your own imagination.
