印度家长为女童变性引争议
<p><span word="Indian">Indian</span> <span word="doctors">doctors</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="accused">accused</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="conducting">conducting</span> <span word="sex">sex</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="operations">operations</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="girls">girls</span> <span word="whose">whose</span> <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="son">son</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="improve">improve</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="family">family</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="income">income</span> <span word="prospects">prospects</span>.</p><p>为求子以使家庭收入更可观，印度一些父母要求医生对女童实施变性手术，而这些医生已遭到控诉。</p><p><span word="Madhya">Madhya</span> <span word="Pradesh">Pradesh</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="investigating">investigating</span> <span word="claims">claims</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> 300 <span word="girls">girls</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="surgically">surgically</span> <span word="turned">turned</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="boys">boys</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="paid">paid</span> <span word="about">about</span> ￡2,000 <span word="each">each</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="operations">operations</span>.</p><p>印度中央邦政府正对这起指控进行调查，据称在印多尔市，有最多300名女童接受了外科变性手术，而他们的父母为每例手术支付了大约两千英镑。</p><p><span word="Women">Women</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="children">children</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="rights">rights</span> <span word="campaigners">campaigners</span> <span word="denounced">denounced</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="practice">practice</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> "<span word="social">social</span> <span word="madness">madness</span>" <span word="that">that</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="a">a</span> "<span word="mockery">mockery</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="India">India</span>".</p><p>妇女儿童权益运动人士谴责这种行为是“社会的疯狂”，而且使“印度女性遭到嘲笑”。</p><p><span word="India">India</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="gender">gender</span> <span word="balance">balance</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="tilted">tilted</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="favour">favour</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="boys">boys</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="female">female</span> <span word="foeticide">foeticide</span>– <span word="sex">sex</span> <span word="selection">selection</span> <span word="abortions">abortions</span> - <span word="by">by</span> <span word="families">families</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="fear">fear</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="marriage">marriage</span> <span word="costs">costs</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="dowriesthey">dowriesthey</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pay">pay</span>. <span word="There">There</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="seven">seven</span> <span word="million">million</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="boys">boys</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="girls">girls</span> <span word="aged">aged</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="six">six</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>.</p><p>印度的性别比例早已失衡，男性数量多于女性。由于不少父母担心将来要为女儿支付高昂的结婚费用，以及添置嫁妆，不少女婴惨遭流产，也称为选择性堕胎。印度6岁以下的孩子中，男孩比女孩多出700万。</p>
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