China, India grapple with the consequences too many men

Re:China, India grapple with the consequences too many men by friedButter on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @01:38AM (#16910119)

There are a bunch of subsidies\welfare programs available for female children alone... Its much cheaper to raise a female child than to raise a male child, and dowry is no longer mandatory, it largely comes into play when you're trying to marry up (like say the groom earns 5-10x the wife's salary)

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Re:China, India grapple with the consequences too many men by Karishma1234 on Thursday April 26, 2018 @01:39PM (#16933929)

In any sensible country such programs would be seen as unconstitutional most certainly in USA. But of course in India sectarian discriminatory laws is a norm. In India if you rape a brahmin child you get N years in prison. If you rape a child from prescribe list of castes you get N+3 years in jail.

> like say the groom earns 5-10x the wife's salary Correct and all girls pay this dowry willingly. No one has forced them to marry up. They can marry equal or below.

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