Bias against girls can start in the womb
Posted by staff / March 28, 2013 assistant professor of economicsevidenceMichigan State University
Leah Lakdawala, assistant professor of economics at Michigan State University found that in the patriarchal nations of India, China, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, there is evidence of sex-discrimination in the womb. But in Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Ghana—which are not considered male-dominated—no such evidence existed.
Lakdawala and her colleague found that Indian women pregnant with boys were more likely to go to prenatal medical appointments, take iron supplements, deliver their baby in a healthcare facility (as opposed to in the home), and receive tetanus shots than if they were carrying girls.
Full story at Futurity.
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