http://blogs.babble.com/strollerderb...ge-operations/

Apparently baby girls are 'pricey' with the traditional Indian wedding needed. Where as a baby boy supposedly improves a families prospects and so baby boys are more wanted. Wanted so much that baby girls are turned into boys?!

I quote the person who wrote this article, "If your preference for a boy over a girl is that strong, perhaps you need to rethink the decision to have children at all."

Disgusting

I question the validity of these "blog" stories.
The cost of the operation and subsequent care would far outweigh the potential price for a dowry to the family. Gender remodification takes many surgeries and continuing hormone treatments, which all bar the top 1% of Indian families could afford.
The child would certainly be sterile and likely unable to function sexually - hindering any potential arranged marriage and certainly would not bear any descendants to the family name (extremely important in most Indian culture).
Although stories of female mutilation are well documented, I think this story may be slightly fabricated as it just doesn't add up.

It does seem abit futile and totally barbaric

i think its a load of bs to be honest x

The sentiment behind it does have some truth, boys are generally preffered (at least amongst the families ive been around spoken too) but i think the article is a little far fetched iykwim

If its genuinley true they deserve to have their fingers chopped off, evil gits

Or other parts

Yeah and stick them on their heads

I wish the world worked like that hun
You can now choose your baby's gender via IVF. If you have the money of course.