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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 2 Jan 2013

    One cause of violence against women in India is the lopsided sex ratio caused by female-specific abortion http://bit.ly/WkLpKv 

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      1. Rob‏ @robsica 5 Jan 2013
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        @sapinker A problem in applied evolutionary psychology http://www.epjournal.net/articles/asias-missing-women-as-a-problem-in-applied-evolutionary-psychology/ … / @Brooks_Rob

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      1. xpostfactoid‏ @xpostfactoid 2 Jan 2013
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        @sapinker female-specific abortion is also violence against women

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      2. Colin McGovern‏ @cmcgovern 2 Jan 2013
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        @sapinker How can violence against women be a cause of violence against women? Surely issue is culture that allows both? @bowmanthebard

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      3. Cathy Barry‏ @cathyby 2 Jan 2013
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        @cmcgovern Vicious circle. Just as feedback on speaker gives more input on microphone which increases feedback... @sapinker @bowmanthebard

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      4. Colin McGovern‏ @cmcgovern 2 Jan 2013
        Replying to @cathyby

        @cathyby Understand, but determining what makes both culturally acceptable seems more productive to breaking cycle. @sapinker @bowmanthebard

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      1. Steve Sailer‏ @Steve_Sailer 17 Jan 2013
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        @sapinker But in Wild West mining boomtowns of 19th Century, the rare women were safe, even prostitutes, while schoolmarms were goddesses.

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      1. Sudheendra Kulkarni‏ @SudheenKulkarni 6 Jan 2013
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        @sapinker Lopsided sex ratio in India is worst in states (Punjab, Haryana) where new wealth exacerbates old cultural biases against women.

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      1. Gendercide Awareness‏ @GendapOrg 2 Jan 2013
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        @sapinker Thank you for tweeting a link to our editorial. The Gendercide Awareness Project seeks to end this violence against women.

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      1. SISU NOT SILENCE‏ @EmiliaLahti 2 Jan 2013
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        @sapinker Thank you so much for sharing.

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      1. Steve Marshall‏ @SteveM128 2 Jan 2013
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        @sapinker You are a scientist. Where is your evidence? Please do not become another Dawkins.

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      1. zuhamy‏ @zuhamy 2 Jan 2013
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        @sapinker @prem_k agreed but not an excuse. "No one is more aggressive towards women... than the man who is anxious about his virility." -SB

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      1. Vivek Dehejia‏Verified account @vdehejia 2 Jan 2013
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        @sapinker The underlying research and discussion of a skewed sex ratio as one possible cause of #VAW is 1 theme in my new book, #Indianomix.

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      1. Vivek Dehejia‏Verified account @vdehejia 2 Jan 2013
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        @sapinker More nuanced. Causality may run in both directions, and there may also be omitted variables. Please do read: http://www.vivekdehejia.com/2012/12/can-economics-help-us-understand.html …

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      1. Pɾҽɱ Kυɱαɾ Aραɾαɳʝι‏ @prem_k 2 Jan 2013
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        @sapinker could definitely be a vicious cycle; cause is more deep rooted I guess.

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      2. biobee‏ @biobee 2 Jan 2013
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        @sapinker Wouldn't that make women rarer and therefore more valuable?

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      3. StevenageTico‏ @stevenage_tico 2 Jan 2013
        Replying to @biobee

        @biobee @sapinker that's what I've always thought. Eventually, the groom's family will have to pay a dowry and not the bride's as it is now

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