Presenters
Sarwar Kafeel - Economics, Information Technology University, Lahore, PakistanKhan Shireen - Economics, Information Technology University, Lahore, Pakistan
Panel
63 – Gender and Sexual Diversity in South Asia: Cultural Connections in Contemporary Practice, Activism, and AttitudesAbstract
The tradition of son preference is common in South and East Asia. In the patriarchal societies, at one sible, sons are r‘onsideier1 as an asset over daughters ber‘ause sons car ry forwai r1 the family name and business parents care in old age. On other side, daughters are considered as financial liability because the family is required to prepare sufficient dowry for their weddings. So, the son pi eferring families see slaughters as a fi uitless investment as, after marriage, daughter move to their husbanrl’s home. in Such trarlitional son ieties, after marriage, it is exper‘ter1 that the woman will give birth to a son. It is observed that if a women have a son, then she has higher bargaining power in household decisions making in Pakistan
