Gender disappointment
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Gender disappointment is the feeling of sadness when a parent's strong desire for a child of a particular, preferred sex is not met.[1][2][3] The feeling has been linked to the prevalence of the sexist and gender essentialist beliefs.[1]
In extreme cases gender disappointment can lead to infanticide, particularly (in modern era), female infanticide or neonaticide.[4][5]
Factors contributing to gender disappointment
Due to the set of expectations, parents place in their offsprings, some cultures are more prone to gender disappointment then others. In Asian countries the following factors can contribute to fuel gender disappointment, after the birth of a female child:[3]
- Economic expectations, especially if sons are expected to financially care for elderly parents and/ or the payment of dowry for brides is expected
- Social and/ or family pressure
- Safety of the offspring, partially related to crime rates against girls in many countries
- Cultural expectations, e.g. in India sons are supposed to take care of the parents' funeral
See also
References
- ^ a b Hendl, Tereza; Browne, Tamara Kayali (2020-06-01). "Is 'gender disappointment' a unique mental illness?". Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy. 23 (2): 281–294. doi:10.1007/s11019-019-09933-3. ISSN 1572-8633. PMID 31865528. S2CID 209447227.
- ^ Groenewald, Fiona M. (2016). 'Slugs and snails and puppy dogs' tails' : exploring the 'gender disappointment' experiences of mothers of boys who wanted a daughter : an interpretative phenomenological analysis (Ph.D. thesis). University of Roehampton.
- ^ a b Theerthaana, P.; Sheik Manzoor, A. K. (2019-10-01). "Gender disappointment in India: SEM modeling approach". Archives of Women's Mental Health. 22 (5): 593–603. doi:10.1007/s00737-018-0929-8. ISSN 1435-1102. PMID 30488115. S2CID 53807691.
- ^ Arora, Arneet; Yadav, Jayanthi; Yadav, SanjayKumar; Singh, HansRaj (2017). "Infanticide: A Concept". Journal of Forensic Science and Medicine. 3 (1): 42. doi:10.4103/jfsm.jfsm_51_15. ISSN 2349-5014.
- ^ "Gender Disappointment And Infanticide In Ancient Greek And Modern Era". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
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