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Subject: World's population
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iceylips 25.10.11 - 10:22am
The world's population hits seven billion this month, according to the UN. In India, sender selective abortions have skewed birthrates, so millions of men will never find wives, potentially causing strife. * +
iceylips 25.10.11 - 10:31am
India has only 914 girls for every 1,000 boys, according to the latest census * +
iceylips 25.10.11 - 10:33am
and that gap is only increasing each day. * +
iceylips 25.10.11 - 10:34am
Probably the most important is the tradition of dowry (payment to a prospective husband). Having to marry a girl off may be the equivalent of several years of income for a family. A daughter is often seen as a thief who will rob necessary resources. * +
iceylips 25.10.11 - 10:38am
By 2020, an estimated 15 to 20 per cent of men in some regions of northwest India will lack female counterparts. In Punjab, there are entire villages with no girls under (age) five. * +
iceylips 25.10.11 - 10:56am
The same is happening in China but China is limited to the one child policy and it seems like most Chinese families would rather have a boy than a girl. * +
iceylips 25.10.11 - 10:57am
well census can speak for the majority crazed * +
so_sassy 25.10.11 - 11:04am
figures to many males 
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