female infanticide

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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. In many past societies, certain forms of infanticide were… …   Wikipedia

• Infanticide (zoology) — In animals, infanticide involves the killing of young offspring by a mature animal of its own species, and is studied in zoology, specifically in the field of ethology. Ovicide is the analogous destruction of eggs. Although human infanticide has… …   Wikipedia

• Female perversion — is a controversial term introduced by Estela V. Welldon used to describe cases where women deviate from the behavioral norms of their gender and commit violence, either against oneself or against others.Welldon, E.V. 1991 Psychology and… …   Wikipedia

• Infanticide — • Child murder; the killing of an infant before or after birth Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Infanticide     Infanticide     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• infanticide — infanticidal, adj. /in fan teuh suyd /, n. 1. the act of killing an infant. 2. the practice of killing newborn infants. 3. a person who kills an infant. [1650 60; (def. 1) < LL infanticidium; (def. 2) < LL infanticida. See INFANT, I , CIDE] * * * …   Universalium

• Sex-selective abortion and infanticide — Sex selective abortion is the targeted abortion of a fetus based upon its sex. This is done after a determination is made (usually by ultrasound but also rarely by amniocentesis or another procedure) that the fetus is of an undesired sex. Sex… …   Wikipedia

• Psychohistorical views on infanticide — This article is an expansion of a section entitled Psychological from within the main article: Infanticide Psychohistorical views on infanticide (in psychohistorical jargon early infanticidal childrearing ) is a model used in the study of… …   Wikipedia

• Sex-selective abortion — is the practice of terminating a pregnancy based upon the predicted sex of the baby. The selective abortion of female fetuses is most common in areas where cultural norms value male children over female children,[1] especially in parts of People… …   Wikipedia

• One-child policy — Government sign in Tang Shan: For a prosperous, powerful nation and a happy family, please practice family planning. The one child policy (simplified Chinese: 计划生育政策; traditional Chinese: 計劃生育政策; pinyin: jìhuà shēngyù zhèngcè; literally policy of …   Wikipedia

• Women in Sikhism — The role of women in Sikhism was first outlined by the Sikh Scriptures, which state that the Sikh woman is to be regarded as equal to her male counterpart. In Sikhism, women are considered to have the same souls as men and an equal right to grow… …   Wikipedia

• Infanticidio — Fresco en Lüen, Suiza, sobre un infanticidio masivo. Infanticidio es la práctica de causar la muerte de un infante (niño o niña) de forma intencionada.[1] H …   Wikipedia Español