Women are often blamed for producing female children. Consequently, they are ill-treated and ostracized. How will you address this issue scientifically if you were to conduct an awareness programme to highlight the values involved?

The sex of the child is determined by the type of gamete he receives from the father as father contains two different types of gametes X and Y while mother contains only one type of gamete i.e. X. When male X combines with female X, a male child is borne and when male Y combines with female X, a female child is born. Thus females are never responsible for determination of the sex of a child. So, women should not be ill-treated for giving birth to a girl child, as both males and females are equally important for the balance of nature and continuity of our species.