The traditional concept of son preference in India is deeply rooted, and in many places there is a serious situation of more women and young men.
The reason is that since ancient times, in India, daughters need to pay a large dowry when they get married, and not only do not have this expenditure to have a son, but also to ensure that they have a son to provide for themselves when they are old.
Many parents simply beat it if they know that the fetus in their womb is a daughter. The first and second births are fine, if the first two children are daughters, then the proportion of male and female babies born in the third child becomes only 219 female babies per 1,000 male babies, and the third child is 75% if she is pregnant with a daughter.
India's male-to-female ratio expanded from 1,000 men to 934 women in 1965 to a peak in 2010, with 1,000 men versus 922 women. It has only begun to slowly decline in the last decade, with the ratio of men to women in 2020 being 1,000 men versus 924 women.
Male-female ratio in India over the years
Although the Indian government prohibits pregnant women from having ultrasound sex, many couples secretly spend 500 rupees (about 120 yuan) to test the sex of the fetus. Therefore, it has led to a very serious imbalance in the proportion of men and women.
"A Country Without Women" is a film that reflects the serious consequences of India's patriarchal mentality, which was released in 2003.
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At the beginning of the film, a father is anxiously waiting outside the room for the pregnant wife to give birth, the midwife uses the traditional Indian method to deliver the pregnant woman, when the young father hears the sound of the baby crying, ecstatic, but when the midwife tells him that it is a baby girl, his smile is gone, and he puts the baby girl in the milk tank and drowns.
Everyone did this, and as time went on, retribution began to appear.
There were fewer and fewer girls in the village, almost extinct.
Because there are no girls, the actresses performing on the stage in the village are also dressed up by men.
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The landlord Ram's family had 5 sons and none of them. Whether it was lucky to have all the sons, or whether the girls were born and drowned cruelly, it is unknown.
The 5 sons were all bare sticks because there were no girls in the village and no wives could be found.
The 5 sons sighed at home all day.
Pastor Ram pleased to work as a matchmaker for 10 years, and the priest did not find a woman.
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One day, a man in the village happily told Ram's eldest son that he was getting married to a 14-year-old girl. This is the only marriage in the village in 15 years.
Ram's eldest son was very envious, and went home to complain to Ram that everyone else could find a wife, why the priest couldn't find it.
On the day of the wedding, everyone in the village came to see the wedding. But the man accidentally found that the bride was dressed as a man.
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The pastor was out on his bicycle one day, and by a river, the priest heard the sound of a girl singing, and he followed the prestige and saw a girl sitting in a tree, and he stepped forward, and the girl was frightened and ran home.
The priest followed the girl to the house.
The girl was named Caldge, and when she was born, his father did not drown his own daughter like the others, but quietly raised her.
The priest told Caldhi's father that he could make a price at will, and after some discussion, his father offered 100,000 rupees.
The pastor quickly went back to tell Ram that Ram's eldest son was not at home, so Ram took a picture of his eldest son, accompanied by the youngest son, and came to Calge's house again with the priest.
Calji's father looked at the picture of his eldest son and felt too old to be satisfied.
Seeing the younger son next to him, Calji's father wanted a young man like his younger son to marry his daughter.
The three of them had to fight their way back home.
On the way back, Ram was not reconciled, and went back, taking out 500,000 rupees plus 5 cows as a dowry, but asked Carlgi to marry his 5 sons at the same time.
Caldge's father was shocked by the money in front of him and immediately agreed to the affair.
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Calki began a miserable life.
Each of the five sons took turns occupying Karji, with the remaining two days allocated to Ram.
During the day, I also have to do various chores.
The youngest son was the best for Caldhi, who treated her gently and helped her with his work.
Calki only had a smile on her face when her younger son was there.
This was met with the jealousy of the father and 4 other sons, who conspired to knock the younger son unconscious and throw him into the water and drown.
Caldge fell into sadness because she knew that without her young son, her future life would be even more miserable.
She wrote to her father about her situation.
The father came to Ram's house, but instead of helping his daughter, he asked Ram for more money.
Because at that time, 500,000 rupees plus 5 cows, said to marry 5 sons, and now Ram also sleeps with Karji, one more person, so he has to add another 100,000 rupees.
Caldge's father had lost his humanity in the face of money.
Once again heartbroken, Karji begged her servant to take her out.
In the process of escaping, the father and son found out, drove up, and the servant was killed.
Calji was taken back, chained and locked in a cowshed.
Two members of the dead servant's family come to Ram's house to take revenge, but they inadvertently see Karji, who is locked in a cowshed, and suddenly have a bad idea, and take turns to commit violence against Calji.
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Soon after, Carlgi became pregnant.
The priest came to Ram's house and said that according to the astrological signs, Calji would give birth to a boy, and then asked who was the father of the child.
Ram and his son's family fought and said they were.
Finally Ram said that Caldhi's first night had been given to him, so he was the father of the child.
The family of the dead servant knew that Calgie was pregnant and said that he was the father of the child in Calji's belly. They took the villagers to Ram's house to rob Karji.
The Ram family and the villagers got into a scuffle, several sons were killed, Ram tried to burn Calgy to death, and finally was saved by the new servants, only to escape the disaster.
In the end, Caldhi gave birth to a child, a baby girl.
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Film is not only a movie, but also a reality.
This kind of film that reflects reality always has a sense of helplessness. The only good thing you can see is probably that Ram and his 4 sons died in the melee, and the girl can grow up safely without having to suffer the tragedy of drowning at birth.
As individuals, we should be thankful and thankful that we didn't live in that harsh environment.
In the past, we also had that patriarchal phenomenon, and in reality, there were also things that the mother's belly was beaten off by the girl, and with the improvement of life now, such things should rarely happen.
But in reality we are also more men and less women, just not so serious.
We should be thankful that we have freed ourselves from this ignorant thought.
In the harsh truth, it is tragic to put yourself in the shoes of any character in the film.
In that environment, it is largely impossible for an individual to have a God perspective and escape from that world.
Films that reflect reality are different from cool dramas. Cool dramas will basically have satisfactory results, and this kind of film that reflects reality can only present the cruel reality to us, so that we can change it ourselves and encourage it if we don't.
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