Women drowns self because her newborn was a girl
 

Now this is plain stupid: LINK

i think it proves just how scared some women are of their spouses. It's pretty sad.

For those who don't want to click links:
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Egyptian woman drowns self after having baby girl

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- An Egyptian woman married to a man with six daughters from previous marriages drowned herself Saturday just hours after giving birth to a girl because she feared her husband's reaction to fathering another daughter.

The 27-year-old woman left her home in Saff, a rural town about 25 miles [40 kilometers] south of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, and drowned herself in an irrigation canal three hours after giving birth to her second daughter, police officials told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

Before his wife gave birth, her husband had threatened to kill or divorce her if the couple had any more daughters, police said.

Society in rural Egypt is largely conservative, and many parents often prefer having sons to daughters for cultural and economical reasons.

Divorce is also considered a taboo in such areas. Many women would rather their husband take a second wife than be divorced.

The husband, 38, had been married three times before. In each case, he divorced his wives after they gave birth to girls.
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hmmm... i figured it was gonna be in india, based on your thread title. doesn't suprise me too much, still.

Pretty screwed up for sure from our standpoint, but its their culture, and we are looking in from the outside.

i always TELL my girlfriend she's to bear me sons... but its a joke.

Funny how men refuse to believe that THEY actually determine the sex of the baby.

Funny in a sad way....

Even without scientific evidence, wouldn't basic logic(four wives, only girl babies) make the guy think maybe it was him?
How does the patriarchy survive its own pig-headedness?

I believe the male carries the chromosome that determines the sex of a child. Henry the 8th had the same problem. I think he cut off the heads of some wives because he was upset that they kept having girls.

what a sore loser.

Well I just don't know.At times you think that every country in the world is getting closer and closer,then you realize exactly how far apart we all really are.

I just wanna know what the big deal about having boys is? Even in those back water places like... egypt and ... england. I mean so you have girls.. Could always start a prositution ring. Or have a bake sale. Either way.

I don't know about Egypt, but in India you've got to have a son or you're screwed for eternity. In Hindu, they require a son to perform a certain cermony at the funeral so the father's soul can be safe in the after life.
Also, sons in third world countries are retirement. They more, the better a couple will be taken care of when they grow older.

my first thought was China with their "one child" law, but didn't realize how bad things are in Egypt.

Although I do realize how important it is to have a son in Muslim society.

girls cost ALOT more than guys. clothes, makeup, jewelry.... plus they talk alot more & are moody; i definately hope to have sons instead of daughters

i hope i have a son as well, but i wont go nuts if i dont. Also im sort of sickly glad that she killed her self and not the baby, at least the girl will live hopefully

For these same reasons i'd prefer to have sons than daughters, although in the end i wouldn't really mind.

And kill/divorce your wife for giving birth to girls? WTF? I know its a totally different society, but still, it seems very fanatical on the man's behalf to threaten his wife that way.

i'd like to blame this on religion

Wow, girls aren't that bad... are they?

Although I know there are certain cultural aspect involved here, I believe there is also a HUGE issue of ego here.

I can't imagine being in a position where I would take my own life rather than face a "man" (and I use the term lightly) simply because I didn't bear the child of his preference.

Not to mention, I would have moved heaven and earth to have had a daughter in addition to my son.
Meh... Perhaps my two pennies are a little bias...;)

I remember a conversation I had with a fireman after a gruesome murder-suicide between a mother and her two kids in our hometown years ago. This guy had seen enough carnage to have earned the following opinion on the situation:

"At least that gene pool is dried up. Now her kids won't grow up to have screwed-up lives and have more screwed-up kids."

You gotta admit it's an interesting viewpoint.

dude, I hope you don't really believe that.
both daughters & sons are equally difficult to raise, over the long run
each has their difficult timeperiods.
each has their own issues.
each has their costs.

if you treat them as equals that is.

So I suppose then, that we have to take out the *father.*

[OUOTE]girls cost ALOT more than guys. clothes, makeup, jewelry.... plus they talk alot more & are moody; i definately hope to have sons instead of daughters[/QUOTE]


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Pointless to argue with persons that make mindless statements like this...

Not that I hate girls or anything I just never want to have girls because I'm afraid they will turn out like my sister. **shiver**

I have 2 boys, but my sister has 3 girls and a boy. The other night I had a dream that they all came to live with us. (God forbid anything happen to my sister or her hubby), This was a real nightmare, not that I had daugthers or sons, but that I had 3 of each :-)

some people just weren't meant to have children

I hate it when people decide what they want for economical reasons. Fuck that man... you take what you can get.

My god. That's all I can say. I feel sorry for the bloke as much as the woman. The woman - that she shoud be under that kind of pressure and have to live and die under such an oppresive regime. The man for having either the naievity to think he could dictate the sex of his offspring and punish the women involved if he did not get what he wanted, and also that he should feel that it was so important - he must lead such an insecure and empty life. Sad. Very, very sad.