Wednesday, November 5, 2014

We Demand Respect!

Elizabeth Blackwell. Susan B. Anthony. Marie Curie. Malala Yousafzai. What do these names mean to you? They are the trailblazers who, despite the fact that they are female, made outstanding achievements. 

Nowadays, the news is all about abduction, rape, suicide, etc. It is saddening to think that women are disrespected in such a way on an everyday basis. In addition, there are villages in India where as soon as it is discovered that a baby will be a girl, her parents will have an abortion. Their reason? When their daughter will be married, their family will have to pay a dowry, which they often cannot afford. Boys will also take care of their parents in old age, according to tradition. According to thedailybeast.com, "China’s famous patriarchal system and history of infanticide and abandonment in favor of baby boys, responsible for millions of “lost girls” and an unbalanced sex ratio that will leave an estimated 30 million adult Chinese men unmarried by 2020."

Here are some inspirational stories:



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