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Female infanticide

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<p>Female infanticide, the prevalent form of sex-selective infanticide, is the systematic killing of girls at or soon after birth. It normally occurs when a society values male children to the point that producing a female is considered dishonourable, shameful, or an unacceptable investment to the individuals. Another reason is that in some cultures, for example in India, marrying a female honourably requires the supply of expensive dowry that families do not consider themselves being able to afford.
</p><p>Waltner argues that female infanticide was commonly practiced in traditional (pre-20th century) China, and "anecdotal evidence abounds in both history and fiction." <ref>Ann Waltner: Infanticide and Dowry in Ming and Early Qing China. In: Ann Behnke Kinney (1995): Chinese Views of Childhood, p.194. </ref> is also argued that <ref>James Z. Lee and Wang Feng 2001: One Quarter of Humanity: Malthusian Mythology and Chinese Realities. Harvard University Press, p.7.</ref>"infanticide declined spectacularly in China during the early twentieth century," although even so, the skewing of sex ratios implies that infanticide is still a factor.
Female infanticide is still existent in developing countries, especially developing countries where males are valued over females. The counterpart with male infants is male infanticide. 
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<ul><li>[Pagelink infos="Missing Women"] 
</li><li>[Pagelink infos="Violence against women|Violence against women"] 
</li><li>[Pagelink infos=""Female Genocide" in Gender Equality in India"]&nbsp; 
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<ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_infanticide" alt="Wikipedia page- Female Infanticide">Wikipedia page- Female Infanticide</a>
</li><li><a href="http://genderbytes.wordpress.com/2010/10/27/when-mothers-kill-their-daughters/" alt="When Mothers Kill Daughters">When Mothers Kill Daughters</a>: Gender Bytes, October 2010. 
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<ul><li><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/abortion/medical/infanticide_1.shtml" alt="BBC page">BBC page</a>
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