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Thursday, December 04, 2008
Most of us are no longer surprised about female infanticide in countries where males are at a premium and/or families are limited to one child. Here's a sad case of the reverse, along with a quite different rationale. Man's depravity knows no end:
Papua New Guinea women kill males babies to end tribal war
WOMEN in Papua New Guinea's Highland region are killing their male babies to end a tribal war that has gone on for more than 20 years.
Rona Luke and Kipiyona Belas, from two warring tribes, said male infanticide reduced the cyclical payback violence infamous in Highlands tribal fights.
If women stopped producing males, their tribe's stock would go down and this would force the men to end their fight, the women said.
"All the womenfolk agreed to have all babies born killed because they have had enough of men engaging in tribal conflicts and bringing misery to them," Ms Luke said.
Papua New Guinea women kill males babies to end tribal war
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