There has been a lot of discussion lately about how being a woman is not a disadvantage. It is true that it is a good thing to be a woman, but sometimes being a woman is not a good thing.
There are currently 200 million girls missing. These girls aren't alive today simply because they were girls.
The documentary, "The Three Deadliest Words in the World - It's a Girl" highlights this gendercide that is happening before us (click the link below for an introduction to the documentary).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeSYN2c8f_A
What can we do about it? It all boils down to two words: human equality. To stop the killing of little girls, we must help the grownups to see that girls are as valuable as boys. It is the only solution to a problem that is getting out of hand and creating a gender imbalance. Who knows what will happen in the future if we allow the gap to get bigger.
We can help people in places such as China and India value their girls by affirming the value of women and girls where we live ourselves. For, after all, if don't value our girls, how can we expect others to do so?
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