Girl O' factor

Today I was travelling by a public transport and happened to overhear a conversation between so called educated women, which was simply devastating!! There were few women talking about the gender of the 'yet-to-be-born' child. i was aghast thinking of how people are.Even in this 21st century they want a male child onoly for the fact that the male child would continue the lineage.( as if its a sin to have a girl child). I was too tempted to ask those people if they will abandon the child were it a girl. Such is the pathetic state of our country and society. When will the minds change? Is it really a sin to have a girl child? Isnt a girl on par with a boy? We are still masked with the conception that female : male equality is getting better. Atleast the educated class should know to respect a woman. In my experience the importance of a girl comes to light only when she is born. I hope END is nearer to this discrimination (the discrimination of a child even before its birth).