尽管过去几十年来女性在教育和就业领域已经取得了重大进步，但印度夫妻却有着建立在执迷基础上的强烈的重男轻女文化偏好。
Indian couples have a strong cultural preference, bordering on obsession, for sons over daughters – despite the strides in education and employment that women have made over the last few decades.