Watering the Plant in Another’s Courtyard: An Ethnographic Exploration of Daughters’ Devaluation Through Sex-Selected Abortions Among the Rural Married Females in South Punjab, Pakistan

The current study sets forth the cultural underpinnings for daughters’ devaluation over son preferences in South Punjab, Pakistan. The major purpose of the present study was to provide an accurate description of women’s attitude on different aspects of sex-selected abortions (SSAs). Women, with a ru...

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Authors: Sattar, Tehmina (Author) ; Ahmad, Saeed (Author) ; Zakar, Rubeena (Author) ; Maqsood, Fauzia (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Journal of interpersonal violence
Year: 2021, Volume: 36, Issue: 9/10, Pages: 4490-4519
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Pakistan
South Punjab
rural married females
Ethnography
Patriarchy
sex-selected abortions
daughter devaluation