A book by sociologist Mark Regnerus looks at how religion affects teens sexual behaviors. It looks like his results are very counter-intuitive--religious teens are just as sexually active as non-religious ones. Hat tip to Hugo Schwyzer .
"India's attitude to women can be summarized by this old saying: 'If a woman dies, then the man has a chance to get a second dowry. If a buffalo dies, then it's an economic disaster for the whole family.'