Gendercide, or gender-selective mass killing, is a significant problem in India that has led to the deaths of over 12 million female babies in the last three decades. This gendercide stems from cultural preferences for sons over daughters as well as gender discrimination and inequality that pervade Indian society. Though laws have been enacted to address issues like dowry and sex-selective abortion, enforcement is lax and patriarchal social norms continue to devalue women and girls, especially in rural areas where the caste system remains influential.

1. Gendercide In India
By: Dorothy Love
Sociology – Web 3
Mr. Biedenbach

2. What is Gendercide
 There is no definition for Gendercide in the dictionary.
 The term Gendercide was first used by Mary Anne Warner
in her book Gendercide: The Implications of Sex Selection
 Gendercide referrers to “gender selective mass killing”.

3. Sociological Concepts Within
Gendercide
 Gender Discrimination
 Cultural Idealology
 Gender Inequality
 Laws
 Authority

4. Gender Discrimination
Or Sexism, is the belief that one sex has more value than the other.

5. Gender Discrimination
 Sexist attitudes can stem from traditional stereotypes to cultural and
religious beliefs.
Sex selection and Infanticide, which are types of Gendercide that has grown
from being simply a son preference to hating daughters.
 I would like to not that the sex of a child is determined by the male.
It has been estimated that 12 million female babies have died in the last three
decades.

6. Social Stratification
How people in a society are ranked by socioeconomic levels.

7. Caste System
 The caste system is the social standing a person is born
into is where the person will remain their whole lives.
 This is very important to the Indian culture.
 The caste system is based on a ranking system.
 The caste system takes away the freedom of individual
value.
 Women in the lower part of the caste system or who is
considered a slave, are the women who suffer the most
from Gendercide.

8. Gender Inequality
Conflict Theory

9. Conflict Theory
 Social problems have risen because of the exploitation and
suppression of females.
 There is conflict in every aspect of an Indian woman's life.
 38.7 million Indian women justify wife beating than those
who do not.

10. Are Wife Beatings
Justifiable?
 To some, wife beatings are
justifiable because of the deep
belief in cultural norms of the
Indian society.
 Wife beatings lead to a higher
infant mortality rate, effecting
the number of females in India.
Justified Does Not Justify
334.5 331.8
321.3
282.6
Survey of Justified Wife Beatings
(in millions)
Males Females

11. Dowry Affects all Females in India
Dowry were intended to protect the
woman in case the husband divorces,
abuses or other grave actions.
But dowry has devalued marriage into a
business transaction.
Dowry was prohibited in 1961.
How Much Is a Female Worth?

12. The Laws
Rules and Regulations that a society determines what is right and what is
wrong.

13. Laws (cont.)
“Even perfectly crafted laws cannot improve women’s lot without proper
enforcement and the Dowry Prohibition Act, which has since been in
place since 1961, is an illustrative example” Siwan Anderson noted.
 With men in authoritative positions women fear
reporting crimes against them for fear of backlash.

14. Examples Of Indian Law
 Goa Polygamy a law in India which allows a second marriage for the
husband when there is no son from the first marriage.
 When a woman cannot or does not b a boy she is often
abandoned and divorce.
 The law in India sides with the males. A woman cannot own
property or have her own money (Gender Inequality).
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15. Traditional Authority
Patrilocal

16. Family Hierarchy
 Indian family members are socialized at a
young age that there is a family hierarchy.
 Authority is based on age and sex, with
sex being the priority.
 Indian family structure is patrilocal (sons
bring their wives into their parent’s
home.)
 The eldest male is the main
authoritative figure, then to the next
eldest male,.
 The eldest female directs the activities
of the other females in the residence.
 The mother-in-law tells the wife
or wives what to do.

17. The most scariest words In India:
IT’S
A
GIRL

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