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Grandma, 70, Gives Birth To Twins

A 70-year-old from Muzaffarnagar, India, became the world's oldest woman to give birth after she delivered twins Friday.

https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,376083,00.html

She doesn't look 70 to me! I hope I look that good but I sure won't be having babies! WOW--I hope they do okay health wise.

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This is so wrong on many levels. Among the obvious questions: Who is going to raise these babies when the parents die? What 70 year old has the energy to care for and run after 2year olds day in and day out? What happens if dementia sets in? I shudder to think of what could happen.

What message is this giving the twin girl? "Oh you are just a by-product we really just wanted your brother because he is the "male heir." So this old man is saying he is not proud of either of his adult daughters or the new little girl. Life is only worthwhile if you have a son? I really feel sorry for this man and those with like minds. What an archaic social system. These situations perpetuate the oppression and abuse of women.

It is pathetic that in an age where India has produced so many educated and enlightened women that contribute so much there are still those with this mindset. It would not surprise me to learn he still adheres to the caste system also.

Edited: alskann on 5th Jul, 2008 - 8:14am

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Alskann-

Okay so I know I could go and do a search on caste system because it doesn't sound familiar to me but I thought I would swallow my pride and put it here in case anyone else didn't know what it was.

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The caste system is a social stratification long practiced in India. You were born into a certain caste or social class. You could not rise above that which you were born into. You could not marry above your class.
The caste system in the religious form is basically a simple division of society in which there are four castes arranged in a hierarchy and below them the outcast. And then there were the untouchables, the lowest of the low. The untouchables are not allowed to even touch a member of the higher castes.

The basic castes are Brahmins who were the spiritual and temporal guides, teachers and exponents of law; Kshatriya were the nobility (warriors, princes, kings, etc.); then the Vaishya, were those who worked in agriculture and merchants; and Shudra were the manual and agricultural labourers, artisans, masons, etc. Then you had the untouchables. And a 6th group, which was considered as unclean as the untouchables - the malecha, or foreigners.

India has made efforts to move away from the caste system and has been legally forbidden. But it still exists in some places in India.

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Lets see your 70 and in 18 years you will be 88 if you live that long. I wonder if these two will still have parents by the time they are 18? I think the outdated caste system in India is what caused this. I have see the way some treat their women. I think they are worse off than the untouchables. I hope that the kids grow up fine but you have to wonder with parents this old.