Not attacking anyone's values and cultures either but will like to say that all religions and authorities proclaims the equality/equity of men and women.
These gender issues are not limited to one particular religion or region as some people are trying to portray here. This subject has more socio-cultural roots than connection to any particular religion or region and still prevails in many parts of the world including India.
I remember watching a documentary on CBC some time back about alarming rate of female infanticide in Sikh Dharma heartland Punjab* state of India, which has the lowest world average of female birth ratio 798/1000 much lower than Indian average of 927/1000. Also media reported (health/CBC) that the problem of female foeticide is huge among punjabi in the west and don't see it going any time soon. CBC reported that there are two Canadian Punjabi newspapers advertising for ultrasound clinics in India whose slogan is pay 500 rupees now and save 50,000 later!
Also another analysis based on a study about ten years back in Punjab by an Indo-Canadian team, which appeared in the British medical journal Lancet, found the sex ratio a dismal 614:1,000 if the first child is female. In urban areas, it goes down to 560:1,000!
People are here to discuss their immigration and citizenship issues. As usual some people started hijacking the purpose of this forum by comments spinning on hatred and racism. So please have some respect to others and begin the work from our own home rather than self proclaiming championship of everything good; ridiculing and generalizing other societies and communities. & Take, that is Lesson No. 1 to Canadian Citizenship.
*mentioned as gender equal example in original comment; -- which was deleted/modified after this post -- glorifying one group and derogatory to another religion, "middle east, asia and third world"...