I read somewhere a few days back that we take pride in raising our daughters as sons but how many of us have the courage to raise our sons as daughters? However hard we may try, we cannot change our basic psyche of accepting men as superiors. This has been engrained into us over the centuries and has probably become a part of our genetic setup.
The only way we can curb female foeticide is by evolving the stereotypical setup where there is more equality among genders. Definitely our education system can play a prominent role in curbing female foeticide, the reason being that our family setup where there are multiple generations living together, do not provide the infrastructure for this evolution.
In an educational institute, a conscious effort can be made to provide the right education and atmosphere where mutual respect for the genders is taught. It may take time to get results but the results will definitely come if the seed is sown in the tender minds of our children.
Poppy Sharma,
Mohali
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