their count. No one is less‚ all are equal. Let’s retain our sanity. Girls are very precious; they are as fresh as dew‚ accept them with open arms‚ don’t bid them adieu. Girls are the sunshine of our lives‚ don’t think them as shadow. Stop Female feticide‚ infanticide and increase girl acceptance window. I admit........ Sons keep the race growing‚ but it’s the girl who keep the humanity flowing. Sons serve their parents until they get a wife‚ but girls serve their parents throughout their life. Her cries
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In Euripides’ plays Medea and Hecuba‚ the author highlights the difficulties faced by women in society and employs gender-transcendence to challenge the existing gender roles and accompanying ideology in ancient Greece. By giving the female protagonists of the plays Medea and Queen Hecuba both feminine and masculine characteristics‚ Euripides attempts to undermine the concept that an individual’s competence or incompetence was solely reliant on whether they were masculine or feminine
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protagonist abandoned the gender roles of ancient Greek society. Medea defied perceptions of gender by exhibiting both "male" and "female" tendencies. She was able to detach herself from her "womanly" emotions at times and perform acts that society did not see women capable of doing. However‚ Medea did not fully abandon her role as a woman and did express many female emotions throughout the play. <br> <br>In ancient Greek society‚ murder was not commonly associated with women. Throughout the play
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NEWS LETTER FOGSI-LUPIN- Save the Girl Child Dear FOGSIANS‚ Greetings for the New Year. As the New Year dawns‚ our country stands poised to touch new heights on all fronts‚ but unfortunately the women of India still continue to suffer from "discrimination". The girl child is still underprivileged and neglected and unwanted. As professionals caring for the women only‚ we FOGSIANS also have a huge social responsibility to change the Indian Scenario. If we are aiming to save our
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Discrimination against female children has been a topic of debate. It has been a subject of concern and sociological significance. This subject raises the cultural aspects about the role of a female child in society‚ what her human rights are as a human being and a number of sensitive issues.This issue is important because there is nearly universal consensus on the need for gender equality.[1] Gender based discrimination against female children is pervasive across the world. It is seen in all the
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Being a girl child is a privilege in Dhahra village of Bhagalpur‚ Bihar. For every girl born‚ villagers plant 10 mango trees. The result‚ this is the greenest stretch in Bhagalpur‚ with over 20‚000 mango trees in and around the village. The male: female sex ratio is also the best in the region. Villager of Dhahra Nirmala Devi says‚ “There are two benefits of
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the question of the decade as this decade saw the rise of many women and the fight for equality seemed to dim in the face of the new empowered female citizens of our nation‚state‚family. But like a day that has its dawn bright and clear has its dusk as well‚ the dawn of the empowered women had a stronghold that seemed to slacken in the dusk. As the female populace is still facing barriers in the society in every sphere and this barrier strengthens its vice like grip through many forms of violence
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not insist on having sex were actually considered admirable. Anyone with sexual desire was considered lower class. Being a single mother was so shamed upon that the mother would usually end up giving away their child to hospital‚ or committing infanticide. Even doctors strongly supported the fact that women had no sexual desire. Although‚ if they were ever to show sexual desire‚ it was blamed on disease. “When a woman did express sexual desire‚ it was seen as a disease that needed to be taken care
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incomparable to that of other Greek women. She is valued‚ because she brings the gift of life. Throughout the book‚ Pomeroy examines the differences between the lives of females paralleled to males. If we were to compare a female infant to a male infant born into Sparta‚ it was much more stressful to be a male. At birth‚ Spartans practiced infanticide on male infants‚ and deformed or weak babies would be thrown into a chasm on Mount Taygetos. This is a form of eugenics‚ according to Pomeroy‚ and it ensured a
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aren’t even worth mentioning. However in the Laws of Manu‚ another Hindu scripture‚ women are briefly referred to. It states that it is women’s nature to “seduce men in this (world); for that reason the wise are never unguarded in (the company of) females” (2:213). “For women are able to lead astray in (this) world not only a fool‚ but even a learned man‚ and (to make) him a slave of desire and anger” (2:214). Fear of being seduced by a woman and becoming powerless to her is a contributing factor to
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