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Saturday, March 10, 2012

Men in India are having a shitty time…

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By Belmont Lay     March 10, 2012

After years of squatting in open fields in darkness, braving snakes and harassment from passing men, women in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have decided to f*ck this shit, threatening their future husbands with the prospect of endless shame from being left at the alter, in exchange for decent toilets at home.

A lack of toilets apparently is also the cause for girls dropping out of school Only four in ten government schools in Delhi have access to functioning toilets for girls, the study said, which played a dominant role in the ability of female students to attend school.

The World Bank says the lack of such facilities costs India nearly US$54 billion a year in productivity and other losses — in large measure due to the impact on women. The United Nations Development Programme says that fewer than 35% of women in India get paid work.According to its conservative estimates, the gross domestic product could easily increase by 2-4% annually if the employment rate for women grows to 70%.

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Please comment and suggest how people who prefer open fields for defecation be persuaded to build and utilize latrines.