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I watched a documentary on India where a fourteen year old girl had acid thrown over her face and body because she didn't want to talk to a boy Get a life people perhaps she didn't talk because you were violent your act speaks volumes parents state you will marry this boy yet it is their body and their life granted with love sometime's, adults make better decisions yet you punish your child for taking the right to control their life they dishonour the family does not inflicting pain dishonour the family does not killing your child dishonour the family does not throwing acid dishonour the family the world looks on and see's no honour You create a dowry to give your child a head start but now the dowry spoils the male and create's the death of your girls you spoil your men treating them as Gods yet treat your girls as slaves honour comes from hard work the child that goes to work everyday create's honour the child that get a good education create's honour teaching the male's to demand dowry's does not bring you honour loving all your children equally brings you honour If my child had been born I would have loved her If my child had made a mistake and gotten pregnant I would have cared I would have stepped up to help I would have looked after the child well she continued to get her education I would have allowed love to gain honour You throw your girls away to save you paying the dowry I think you should throw the dowry away to save your girls. Stand up for life and stop the dowry.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015




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