Indian couples have a strong cultural preference, bordering on obsession, for sons over daughters – despite the strides in education and employment that women have made over the last few decades. Education and wealth have nothing to do with it – in fact, some of the worst-affected areas are in India’s wealthiest cities.
尽管过去几十年来女性在教育和就业领域已经取得了重大进步，但印度夫妻却有着建立在执迷基础上的强烈的重男轻女文化偏好。这种偏好与教育和财富无关——事实上，受影响最严重的恰恰是印度某些最富裕的城市。无论这种可能性多么令人难以接受，但真正的罪魁祸首或许恰恰是印度文化和传统本身。