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20 Jan 2012 14:01 #71655
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In the small hilly Indian state of Meghalaya, a matrilineal system operates
with property names and wealth passing from mother to daughter
rather than father to son -
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20 Jan 2012 14:03 #71656
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"If you want to know how much the Khasis favour women :
just take a trip to the labour ward at the hospital,"
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20 Jan 2012 14:04 #71657
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"If it's a girl, there will be great cheers from the family outside.
If it's a boy, you will hear them mutter politely that :
"'Whatever God gives us is quite all right.'"......... :
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20 Jan 2012 14:10 #71664
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"The same is true of many of the nouns in our language.
When something becomes useful, its gender becomes female."....hahahaha :
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20 Jan 2012 14:20 #71672
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"Most men in our village leave school early to help their fathers in the fields.
This is a great detriment to their education."
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20 Jan 2012 14:21 #71673
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Women do not trust men to look after their money so they take control of it themselves.
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