Why
did poor parents sell their daughters?
nIn desperate times, poor
families resorted to selling of
children, infanticide, abandonment
nPatriarchal society
means family that raised a girl
wouldn’t benefit from her labor
nDaughters aren’t as valued as sons
nDaughters are goods
upon which one loses money
nA grown son is an
asset, a grown daughter a liability
nTen pretty daughters
are not equal to one crippled son