Gendercide
Abigail Hough
“Raising a daughter is like watering your neighbor’s garden”
Methods Used to Kill Girls
The methods used to kill the babies are gruesome and include suffocating them with acid, putting a wet towel over their face to suffocate, strangling, crushing the neck, and poisoning . If a family does decide to keep their baby girl, the girl is typically neglected or abused.
Dowry
Dowry, or the land and other assets of a females family is to be given as a wedding present to the male's family
In these countries with such strong cultural influence, people view girls as a financial burden with no honor to bring to the family, while boys can work and get an education and accept the dowry from his wife's family