Daughters Are Like Insects in Male Dominating Society Particularly in Pakistan
Considering a girl as a "burden", parents often want to marry her at a very early age due to societal pressure and under the pretext of "discharging their responsibilities on time" without letting the girl complete her education and attaining enough maturity. The curse of dowry has also made them dispose of her in marriage as early as possible as they fear they might get short of money with time to satisfy the materialistic needs of her in-laws, hence, face disgrace. Contrarily, this is not the case for a male child. With having a son in parallel, parents feel more blessed and are found to invest happily on him because they think he will support the family, bringing both money and a girl, after his marriage and it is comparatively better to spend more on him in order to ensure a safe social and financial return while daughters on the other hand, have to leave their house one day so it would be a half-witted idea to invest on her growth and wellbeing. It is a common sight in the mainstream society where having a son means gaining "izzat and fakhar" and having a daughter means acquiring "boojh or zillat". Perhaps, that is why most Pakistani couples are found reproducing more and more in greed of having more number of sons than daughters
Year of publication: |
[2023]
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Authors: | Nizam, Kehkashan |
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[S.l.] : SSRN |
Subject: | Pakistan | Geschlecht | Gender |
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freely available
Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (5 p) |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments May 2, 2023 erstellt |
Other identifiers: | 10.2139/ssrn.4434431 [DOI] |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014362232
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