Just a question. Now that invasions and the like are over, and women regularly join armies, why do some people still prefer to have sons rather than daughters? Like the 'British Asians' mentioned in post 144 of the previous Media/Psy-ops thread (though that seemed very much a psy-ops article).
Other than a left-over response from the islamic times (or earlier Shaka invasions) why would a few people originating in India's northwest still prefer boy children to girl children? (Or whatever other part of the country this phenomenon may also occur) Anyone know?
I don't mean to imply that they take extreme measures to prevent girl children as generalised in that 'British Asians' article or in Swank's christo-rant, just asking about the general preference that some people have? What is their reasoning?
Actually, <b>a more fundamental question</b> is: how true is it that it's common for people in NW India to want male children rather than female children? I saw a 'documentary' on India that spent about 10 mins on this. Now I'm wondering, is this merely another case of motivated content being presented in documentary format?
Other than a left-over response from the islamic times (or earlier Shaka invasions) why would a few people originating in India's northwest still prefer boy children to girl children? (Or whatever other part of the country this phenomenon may also occur) Anyone know?
I don't mean to imply that they take extreme measures to prevent girl children as generalised in that 'British Asians' article or in Swank's christo-rant, just asking about the general preference that some people have? What is their reasoning?
Actually, <b>a more fundamental question</b> is: how true is it that it's common for people in NW India to want male children rather than female children? I saw a 'documentary' on India that spent about 10 mins on this. Now I'm wondering, is this merely another case of motivated content being presented in documentary format?