The Indian midwives who turned the tide on infanticide
www.bbc.com
In rural India, a group of midwives routinely murdered newborn girls - and then began to resist.
  • @cheese_greaterEnglish
    14•6 days ago

    What a truly shitty society, dowrys are absolute bullshit, this is what happens when there’s no birth control, “prolifers”

  • @[email protected]English
    -5•6 days ago

    I wonder if there ever was a time in history when India wasn’t the absolutely shittiest place to be.

    • @[email protected]English
      7•6 days ago

      1914-1918, 1939-1945 probably. Also when the black plague was in other regions. Probably also during the great cleansing in Maoist China.

    • @mlgEnglish
      -11•6 days ago

      Whenever they were conquered by an outside force with a better social culture lol

      Man I remember when saying the above on reddit would result in the entirety of r/Chodi showing up to report you to the site admins lol.