Impact of son preference on women’s extent of enjoying reproductive rights
International Journal of Development Research
Impact of son preference on women’s extent of enjoying reproductive rights
Received 20th April, 2021; Received in revised form 01st May, 2021; Accepted 19th June, 2021; Published online 28th July, 2021
Copyright © 2021, Asmita Banerjee and Dr. Nandini Chatterjee. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
In India, women face discrimination throughout all stages of their life. Son preference is one of most important factors which violate women’s access to reproductive rights. This study tried to understand the impact of son preferences on women’s extent of enjoying reproductive rights. Samples have been selected through multi-stage random sampling. Findings demonstrated that respondents are not in a position to make decisions about their reproductive choices. Preference for son is the underlying factor where women are forced by their in-laws and husband to continue child bearing until the birth of at least one boy child. In-laws and husband are the decision makers and controllers of women’s reproductive activities.
