Female Infanticide

Information about Female Infanticide

Female infanticide, the prevalent form of sex-selective infanticide, is the systematic killing of girls at or soon after birth. It normally occurs when a society values male children to the point that producing a female is considered dishonorable, shameful, or an unacceptable investment to the individuals. Female infanticide was most common in urban China during the Qing Dynasty, due to overpopulation, and the second half of the twentieth century, due to the One Child Policy that created stiff financial penalties for parents who had multiple children.

Female infanticide is still existent in developing countries, especially developing countries where males are valued over females. The counterpart with male infants is male infanticide.

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Male infanticide, a form of sex-selective infanticide, is the systematic killing of boys at or soon after childbirth. This practice is much less common than female infanticide due to the fact that many cultures which practiced (or currently practice) infanticide placed a higher
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Infanticide is the practice of someone intentionally causing the death of an infant. Often it is the mother who commits the act, but criminology recognises various forms of non-maternal child murder.
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