All the trials of modern slavery are easier to bear for women, vaccines and other toxins, poor nutrition, restricted mobility and industry, lockstep political discourse culture. Single women and families where the eldest child is a girl find few problems. Many single men conform to gain access to mates. It would be helpful to incentivize and glamorize independent behaviors to girls and young women, but there are no media entities being paid to do this.

I heard the rabies deaths are worse in places where they don't round up stray dogs. And places with more rodent problems.

Right, I can see some people believing this. Same way they used to burn candles and give indulgence money to pay down sins, they only view actions as counting, but not thoughts or intentions. And in addition to great cover, they really enjoy painting their efforts as philanthropic, perhaps they believe it helps, they are superstitious.